Background
Phillips, Melvin Romine was born on July 10, 1921 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Chester Corliss and Julia Augusta (Romine) Phillips.
Phillips, Melvin Romine was born on July 10, 1921 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Chester Corliss and Julia Augusta (Romine) Phillips.
Bachelor, Alderson-Broaddus College, 1944. Bachelor's Degree, Colgate Rochester Division School, 1946. Postgraduate, Marshall University, 1949—1950.
Ordained to ministry, American Baptist Church United States of America,1946. Pastor, Mumford, New York, 1944-1946, Kingwood-Masontown Baptist Parish, West Virginia, 1946-1949. University pastor Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 1949-1950.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Shelbyville, Indiana, 1950-1957.
Anderson, Indiana, 1957-1967, Jamestown, New York, 1967-1973. Executive minister Association Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana, 1973-1988.
Chaplain Towne House Retirement Center, 1989. Consultant Endowment Horizons, Incorporated.
Board of directors East Wayne Saint Center, Fort Wayne Rescue Mission, F.W. Committee of 24.
Named Manitoba ofYr., Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1954. Recipient Ecumenical citations in Anderson and Jamestown, Community Svc. award National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1966, A. Philip Randolph Humanitarian award, 1988.
Board directors East Wayne St. Center, Fort Wayne Rescue Mission, F.W. Committee of 24. Member of Amnesty International, Biblical Archaeology Society, National Association Ecumenical Staff, North America Academy Ecumenist, Clergy United for Action, American Baptist History Society, Indiana Council Churches (board directors, president 1962-1964, Ecumenical citation 1964), Rotary club.
Married Carolyn Beckner, August 12, 1944. Children: Ann Elizabeth, Ruth Elaine, Ralph, Beth Carol.