Milham was active in the Classical Association of Canada, including as chair of the Committee on the State of Classical Studies, which produced the 'Milham Report' on the state of Classics in Canada in 1976.[5] She was president of the organisation 1984–86, the first woman to hold this position.[6]
The University of New Brunswick Milham Lectures, established in 1987, were named in honour of Milham.[7] A festschrift in her honour, What's Cooking?: a Festschrift in Celebration of the 75th Birthday of Mary Ella Milham. (ed. J. S. Murray), was published in 1997.[8]
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