Background
Phillips, Edwin Allen was born on March 18, 1915 in Lowell, Florida, United States. Son of William Henry and Jane (Goodman) Phillips.
Phillips, Edwin Allen was born on March 18, 1915 in Lowell, Florida, United States. Son of William Henry and Jane (Goodman) Phillips.
AB magna cum laude, Colgate University, 1937; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1948.
Instructor botany, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1946-1948;
professor botany, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1948-1980, emeritus, 1980;
department chairman botany, Pomona College, 1973-1977. Member University of Michigan-United States Navy Research Botanical Expedition, Northwest Territories, Canada, summer 1948. Visiting professor plant ecology University of Michigan Biological Station, summers 1955-1956, 58, 70-71.
Consultant, member steering committee U. Hawaii Fundamental Approach to Science Teaching Study, since 1969. Science consultant Government India, Agency for International Development, summers 1964-1965. Member research advisory board San Dimas Experimental Forest, 1957-1990.
Research professor Kyoto U., spring 1968. Participant Agency for International Development Science Education Survey, State Department, Indonesia, 1972. Researcher Kenya National Parks, 1972, Isle Royale National Park Forest, Michigan, since 1990.
Visiting professor plant ecology Nanjing U., China, fall 1984.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Commander Reserve; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute Biological Sciences (steering committee biological science curriculum study, film committee, laboratory innovation committee), Botanical Society of America, American, British bryological societies, Ecological Society of America, Society of America Naturalists, LesVoyageurs University Michigan (chief 1938-1940), Phi Beta Kappa (president local chapter 1958, 65), Sigma Xi (president local chapter 1966).
Married Margaret Ellen Knight, January 16, 1942. Children: Ellen Knight, Nancy Jane.