Endowed Scholarships & Fellowships
Wilton R. Miller Family Excellence Scholarship
History
Wilton R. Miller earned a juris doctorate from the University of Florida in 1962. He was appointed Deputy Attorney General under Richard Ervin, where he handled the Attorney General's legislative program for two years. Miller then served as a close advisor and legal counsel to then Governor C. Farris Bryant. In 1965, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner appointed Miller as the department's chief counsel. He held this post until 1969 when he entered private legal practice. In 1973, he became a partner in Bryant Miller Olive. He is currently the firm's senior partner.
Miller and his wife, Susanne D. Miller, have a daughter, Julie, who earned her bachelor’s degree in English in 2002 and a juris doctorate in law in 2005 from UF.
Criteria
Preference in the following order: a) to upper division students at the University of Florida who graduated from Chipola Community College and have financial need; b) in the event there are insufficient numbers of students who graduated from Chipola Community College, then consideration may be given to those students who graduate from Marianna High School and are admitted to the University of Florida as freshman and have financial need.
Application Information
Contact the Office for Student Financial Affairs.
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