Background
Phillips, Laughlin was born on October 20, 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Duncan and Marjorie Grant (Acker) Phillips.
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Phillips, Laughlin was born on October 20, 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Duncan and Marjorie Grant (Acker) Phillips.
Student, Yale University, 1942-1943; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1949.
Foreign service officer, 1949-1964; Foreign service officer, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1950-1953; Foreign service officer, Tehran, Iran, 1957-1959; co-founder, Washingtonian magazine, 1965; editor, Washingtonian magazine, 1965-1974; editor-in-chief, Washingtonian magazine, 1974-1979; president, Washington Magazine, Inc., 1965-1979; director, Phillips Collection, 1972-1992; president, chairman of board, Phillips Collection, since 1967. Board directors United Nations Association American and National Capital Area division.
Trustee National Committee for an Effective Congress, 1966-2010, MacDowell Colony, 1977-1979. Board directors United Nations Association America, 1997-2001. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946, PTO. Member of Rolling Rock Club (Ligonier, Pennsylvania), Metropolitan Club (Washington), Cosmos Club (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Hood, 1956 (divorced 1975). Children: Duncan Vance, Elizabeth Laughlin. Married Jennifer Stats Cafritz, 1975.
