Philip Harrison Confer ’41

Phil died Jan. 7, 2002, after a long illness. A native of Long Island, he attended St. Paul's School in Garden City, and then graduated from Andover. At Princeton, Phil majored in economics, joined Campus Club, was on freshman track, played 150-lb. football, and twice won the 145-lb. boxing championship.

Entering the Navy in Sept. 1942 a commissioned ensign, Phil served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theaters, separating as a lieutenant in 1945.

After service, he first went into automobile sales but then joined his family's summer camp for children, Forest Lake Camp in the Adirondacks, retiring in 1985 after serving as director for 30 years. He was succeeded by his son, Gary.

Phil is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mabel "Sally," his daughter, Nancy Fagerness, his son, Gary, and one grandchild.

The Class of 1941