Presenting 2024 Hotelie Hall of Fame Story - Julie Flik ‘63
Published on September 3, 2024
An excerpt from Julie's story...
Julie Milligan Flik ’63 spent her childhood summers digging for clams in the waters off her beach house on Long Island. Walking door to door along the boardwalk on Friday mornings, she would sell her catch to a standing clientele at 25 cents a dozen.
Twenty years later, Julie drew on her entrepreneurial spirit once more, teaming with her husband to launch a thriving food service business. Reflecting on that progression from clams to catering, Julie says with a smile, “I suppose I was destined to work in the food industry all along.”
Julie arrived at Cornell in 1959,...