Frederick Churchill Mellen, son of Frederick Swan Mellen and Mary Churchill Mellen, was born on April 26, 1907 in Pensacola, Florida. He made life-long friends growing up on North Hill, in the local Pensacola schools, and at the First Presbyterian Church.

He graduated from Washington & Lee University and pursued his interest in law at Columbia University and later the University of Virginia. After law school he returned to Pensacola where, at the age of 36, he became City Attorney, a position he held for almost 20 years. He was a member of the Florida Bar and the American Bar Association. He served as Regional Vice President of the National League of Municipalities and President of the Society of the Bar of the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. He served on the Florida Industrial Commission, the City Planning Board, the Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Committee and as City Attorney and Judge for Gulf Breeze, Florida.

Active in the Pensacola community, Churchill Mellen served as a deacon in the First Presbyterian Church, teacher of the Men’s Bible Class, Trustee of the YWCA, President of the Kiwanis Club, and on the boards of the Salvation Army and the U.S.O.  He was a member of numerous social organizations in Pensacola. In the last decade of his life became a member of McIlwain Presbyterian Church.

On November 4, 1939 he married Mary Morrison Gillis. They had two children, Frederick Gillis Mellen (Flemington, New Jersey) and Flora Mellen Woodward( Hollywood, Maryland).

Frederick Churchill Mellen died on April 27, 1973. A Resolution issued by the Mayor of Pensacola upon his death, described Churchill Mellen as “a public servant whose ability, generosity, extreme friendliness, kindliness and gracious manner brought pleasure and joy to those with whom he came in daily contact”. He was indeed deeply committed to the city of Pensacola and the welfare of the people of Escambia County.