Background
III, Arthur Morton Phillips was born on January 20, 1947 in Cortland, New York, United States. Son of Arthur Morton Junior and Ruth P.
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Arthur Morton Phillips III, American Botanist, consultant. Achievements include research in Native American ethnobotany in southwestern United States, late Pleistocene climate and vegetation change in GrandCanyon, in status evaluation and ecological assessments of 110 species of rare and endangered plants in southwestern United States.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arizona, 1977.
Career
Instructor, department biological science, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1971-1973;
research assistant, department geosciences, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1973-1976;
research botanist, Museum Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1976-1980;
curator biology, Museum Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1980-1989;
environmental consultant, Flagstaff, since 1990. Arizona plant recovery team United States Fish & Wildlife Svc. Endangered Species, Phoenix, since 1981, Natural Areas Advisory Council Arizona State Parks, Phoenix, 1980-1989, chairman 1985-1986.
Adjunct Professor Northern Arizona U., Flagstaff, since 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Arizona-Nevada Academy Science. Member American Quaternary Association, Society for Conservation Biology, Flagstaff Rotary Club (secretary 1989-1992, achievement 1990, president 1993-1994).
Connections
Married Diedre Weage, September 3, 1988.
