Philip Holt Lowry ’39

Phil died Feb. 28, 1998, of emphysema at his home in McLean, Va. At the time he retired he had spent 31 years in military operations research in the Dept. of Defense think tank. After receiving his MA at Yale in 1942, Phil spent four years in the Navy. He described that career as blimp pilot, air navigator, and aerologist. He was present at Operation Crossroads, the Bikini atomic test in 1946. He then returned to Yale and earned his PhD in 1949. Later he published many technical papers in various journals and became a member of the American Historical Assn., American Meteorological Society, American Astronomical Society, and Operations Research Society of America.

Phil and Margaret Herzog married in 1945; Margaret died in 1989. They had two daughters, Georgia Harmony Lowry Orphan and Marion. Phil noted in our 50th yearbook that the success of both these women had given him his greatest satisfaction in life. To Georgia and Marion we offer our sincere sympathy as we share in the loss of their proud father and our good friend.

The Class of 1939