Philip Larner Gore ’31

Phil died Feb. 17, 2002, at his home in DC, of congestive heart disease. He was 90.

At Princeton he was a member of the Glee Club and Key and Seal. He received an LLB from George Washington U. Law School. During WWII he served in the OSS, advancing to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded the Legion of Merit.

In 1935, Phil began a 41-year career with Security Storage, continuing to serve on its board of directors until his death. He also was president of Federal Forwarding Co. and Security Travel Ltd., a trustee of the National Moving and Storage Technical Foundation, and an international director of the Canadian Assn. of Movers.

A sixth-generation Washingtonian and a leader of many civic and charitable organizations, Phil was a founding director of the Health and Welfare Council of DC and a member of the mayor's Committee on International Visitors and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs. He held leadership positions with the Boy Scouts, the Salvation Army, the Rotary Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson House of the National Trust of Historic Preservation, among others. He was a deacon, elder, and trustee of the National Presbyterian Church.

Predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Anne, and by his daughter, Catherine, he is survived by his son, Michael '63, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1931