Philip Ellicott Barringer ’38

Phil died Jan. 11, 2004, in Bethesda, Md.

After graduation from Princeton, he began law school at the University of Pennsylvania and then served as an Army officer during World War II, becoming secretary of the legal division of the Allied Control Council for Germany. In 1945 he was a U.S. negotiator with Britain, France, and the U.S.S.R. over the legal status of the occupying powers.

After graduating from law school in 1949, he joined the Department of Defense. He participated in negotiating the original NATO Status of Forces Agreement, attended the National War College, and was a delegate to the 1954 Berlin Conference concerning West Germany's contribution to NATO's defense. From 1964 to 1966 he was politico-military attache at the U.S. Embassy in London. In 1968 he became director of foreign military rights affairs for 25 countries in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.

Phil was president of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, played bassoon in a chamber music group, and was a member of the Cosmos and Princeton clubs in Washington.

His wife, Sophia, died in 1970. Survivors include his second wife, Bettyanne, and three children from his first marriage, Thomas H., C. Frances, and Paul M. Barringer, to whom the class offers sincere condolences.

The Class of 1938