George Ogden Philips ’25

George Philips was born in Westchester, Pa., July 25, 1903, and attended Landsdowne H.S. In college he roomed with Ted Moore and was a member of Gateway Club.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1929 and practiced law in Philadelphia until giving up legal work in Nov. 1997.

He was a loyal and active member of the class, serving as class treasurer in recent years. He was a member of the Princeton Club of Philadelphia.

He resided in Landsdowne, Pa., serving as president of the town council and treasurer of Delaware County. He was a director of the Landsdowne Natl. Bank. He was a former president of the Valley Forge Council of the Boy Scouts of America, a director of the Delaware County Hospital, and on the board of trustees of Colgate [Rochester, N.Y.] Divinity School.

He wrote a history of the Philips Family, tracing it back to his Welsh ancestors, who arrived in 1755; it contained over 13,000 names. He also organized the annual reunion of the Philips family.

He moved to the Cokesbury Retirement Home in Hockessin, Del., in 1980, where he died of a heart attack on Jan. 11, 1998. He is survived by Polly, his wife of 65 years, sons Thomas '59 and Charles '62, and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1925