Wesley Philip Wyrick ’50

Phil Wyrick died Apr. 6, 1998, in Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., after a long, valiant battle with cancer. He was 69.

Phil prepared at Will Rogers H.S. in Tulsa, Okla., where he was president of the student council and competed in the state finals in wrestling. At Princeton he was awarded the Hooker Cup in freshman wrestling. He withdrew from the university in the middle of our sophomore year.

He went back to Oklahoma, where he earned an MBA from the U. of Tulsa and became a CPA and a partner in the accounting firm of Frazer and Torbet. He was a founding partner of Seaview Petroleum of Philadelphia. He retired after selling Seaview in 1993 but maintained his interest in oil by doing oil and gas drilling in the southwest under Clare Petroleum Co.

A member of the American Petroleum Institute and Masonic Lodge #416 in Skiatook, Okla., Phil was active in numerous charitable organizations. He was an avid golfer and was involved in wildlife protection groups. Phil was also an American Indian, a member of the Osage Tribe.

Phil is survived by his wife of 28 years, Clare; four sons, Wesley P., Michael E., James W., and John R.; and two daughters, Nancy K., and Dr. Beverly J., to whom the class sends its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950