William West Milligan, age 88, Saturday, March 3, 2012, peacefully passed in his sleep. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on December 24, 1923 to the late William Frank and Margaret West Milligan. He was preceded in death by his brother Samuel Johnson Milligan, nieces Mary Elizabeth Milligan, Margaret Ann Milligan and nephew Jeffrey Samuel Milligan. Graduate of Sidney High School where he is in the school’s Hall of Honor. It was on a recommendation from a mountain climbing club during a semester in Mexico in high school that gained him admittance to 10th Mountain Division ski troops in the U.S. Army for 3 1/2 years during World War II. He returned from the war to complete his BA, cum laude, from Hiram College and obtained his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. After law school in 1952, he was selected for the second class of Rotary Fellows where he continued his studies at the Montevideo Law School in Uruguay. His subsequent law career was interwoven with extensive terms in public service. He served as an assistant Attorney General; as Executive Secretary to the Sidney Charter Commission; in the Ohio House of Representatives for four terms serving Shelby County; served as counsel to the Antitrust Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives; as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; and as Chair, Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission, where he was proudly instrumental in shaping Ohio's unemployment compensation laws and procedures. Practiced law privately and also with the firms of Emens, Hurd, Kegler and Ritter and Lane, Alton and Horst. His extensive volunteer roles included member and president of the Sidney Rotary Club and subsequent 40-year member of the Columbus Rotary Club; as Chair of the Sidney Community Chest Drive; as Vice President of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce; as President of the Shelby County Historical Society; as a trustee of the Ohio Presbyterian Homes; as a Trustee of Hiram College; as an Elder of both the First Presbyterian Church of Sidney and of Broad Street Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Kit Kat Club of Columbus, Athletic Club of Columbus, the Crichton Club, Columbus Chapter of Symposiarchs and editor of the “Bark of Beechwold.” When not reading the Economist or playing chess, he loved to be with family. Survived by his wife of 55 years, Suzanne Crimm; daughters Edie Driskill (Allen), Martha Mumford (Richard), and Ruth Milligan (Dave Daiber); grandchildren Will Delphia, Lydia Delphia, Margaret Daiber and Joseph Daiber, brother Patrick Milligan (Carol), sister-in-law Marilyn Milligan, brother-in-law Paul Crimm; many nieces, nephews and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 760 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215; the Lifecare Fund at Westminster-Thurber Retirement Community, 645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215; or The Rotary Foundation, 14280 Collections Center Dr. Chicago, IL 60693.Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, March 7 from 4-7pm at Schoedinger Funeral Home, 6699 North High Street, Worthington, 43085. Service to celebrate his life will be held Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 11am, Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 760 East Broad Street; Senior Pastor Ann Palmerton officiating.
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