Frederick Morris Phillips ’23

THE CLASS of 1923, for unknown reasons, failed to prepare the memorial for one of the very best known and most highly respected members of the ancient tribe of 1923 and a loyal son of Old Nassau who left us May 26, 1989.

Our Fred was born in Newark, N.J., June 2, 1901. His father, Franklin Phillips, was an 1879 graduate of Cornell. Fred prepared for Princeton at Newark Academy, where he was on both the football and track teams. On the Princeton campus he was on the water polo team all four years, and was the captain as a senior. He also rowed on the crew squad, played soccer, and, to balance his student days, he was a member of both the Triangle Club and University orchestra and band all four years. He belonged to Whig Hall and Terrace Club. He was an enlisted soldier in the original S.A.T.C., which was discontinued after Nov. 11, 1918.

Fred became a real dirt farmer for 60 years as the Central Jersey Apple King of "Persimmon Hill" at Jobstown. He served as president of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, the oldest farm society in continuous existence in the U.S. He served long and we11 as director of the Burlington County Trust Co., the N.J. Bankers Assn., the Essex Club of Newark, the Burlington County Historical Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Princeton Club of Philadelphia. His special interest, besides shooting, swimming, and band music, was antique classic cars. Anna Bell Hutchinson, of Philadelphia, became his bride in 1927. He is survived by his widow; two sons, Frederick and Franklin '53; a daughter, Lydia Sudler; and a great-grandson.

The Class of 1923 points with great pride to the remarkable career of our departed classmate, with deep sympathy to Anna Bell, Frederick, Franklin, and Lydia.

The Class of 1923