Background
Phillips, Merton Ogden was born on March 24, 1900 in Fremont, Ohio, United States. Son of Merton Ogden and Marguerite (Dickinson) Phillips.
Phillips, Merton Ogden was born on March 24, 1900 in Fremont, Ohio, United States. Son of Merton Ogden and Marguerite (Dickinson) Phillips.
Student United States Naval Academy, 1919-1920. Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, O., 1924. Master of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1937.
Graduate student of University of Chicago, Columbia University, National University of Mexico, at intervals, 1926-1932.
Instructor in economics resources and foreign trade, University of Florida, 1926-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1928. Assistant professor economics and commerce, Washington and Lee University, 1929-1938, associate professor, 1938-1941, professor, 1941-1949, Wilson professor economics, head of department economics since 1949. Economics adviser to the United States Maritime Commission, summer 1937.
Visiting professor of economics geography, Columbia University, summers 1942, 43, 46.
Member American Economics Association, Southern Economics Association, American Geographical Society, Association of America Geographers, Virginia Geographical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Jane Agnor, January 23, 1942. Children: Barbara Jane, Merton Ogden III. With Goodyear Tire & Rubber Export Company.