Millkey

Class of 1965

Herbert Carl "Herb" Millkey, Jr. (1942-1988)

What kind of men were Pi Kapps? They were young men looking for the fellowship of a social fraternity, but the majority of the fraternities at the University were just not their cup of tea. To be honest, they probably were not the Fraternities’, either. Pi Kapps were looking for something more, new, and different.

Herb Millkey was the quintessential Pi Kapp man, for he was always ready to try something new. He invited Ms. Judy Thompson up to the University from U of GA to be our first Rose Queen in 1962. Following graduation, he continued this innovative character trait in a meaningful way with the establishment of a interracial company in 1976.

Herb, an Atlanta native, graduated from the Fayerweather school of Architecture in 1965. He was my class (born 1942) but completed a five year course of study, graduating a year after his other classmates.

Herb’s new company, Millkey and Brown Associates, was written up in Jet magazine in 1978 in an article about pioneering businesses. Herb and Tarlee Brown had an office on famous Peachtree St. They designed a 14 story apartment building, the first solar-heated office building, and a consolidated High School in Alabama. At the time, this was the only interracial architecture firm in Georgia.

To quote Herb, “We’re not a joint venture, we’re a serious business partnership.” Remember, this was the Deep South, and this was the 1970’s. Herb was true to his Pi Kapp heritage of innovation, and he helped the world become a better place in the process. You could call him a hero.

Herb was happily married to Terri Millkey, and they had two children, Alex and Rachel. Both are in their 30’s and now live in Oregon. Herb contracted pancreatic cancer and died of the disease in 1988 at the age of 46. Herb is greatly missed, but he made his mark as a pi kapp we and the world can all be proud of

Presented by: Stephen Applegate, Class of '64