Background
Phillips, Nathaniel was born on December 25, 1884 in Kalwarier, Lithuania. Son of Jacob L. and Miriam (Cohen) Phillips.
Phillips, Nathaniel was born on December 25, 1884 in Kalwarier, Lithuania. Son of Jacob L. and Miriam (Cohen) Phillips.
Brought by parents to the United States, 1885. Bachelor of Arts, College City of New York, 1903. Bachelor of Laws, New York University, 1907, Master of Laws, 1908.
Teacher Public School Northern 20, New York City, 1903-1911. Began law practice at New York City, 1907. Special assistant attorney general, 1933, 35, 37, 38.
Chairman Mayor’s Citizenship Committee, Mayor’s Committee on Reception to New Voters.
Member Mayor’s Committee to Welcome British, French, Italian and Japanese Missions, City of New York George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission, 1932, New York Conference for Unemployment Insurance Legislation. Director lawyers commission on arrangement and maintenance of Department of Jurisprudence, Hebrew University in Palestine.
Member Mayor’s Committee for Observance of 150th Anniversary of Adoption of the United States Constitution. Member United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Committee. Member Mayor’s Committee to Celebrate “I am an American Day”.
Member Mayor’s Committee to Celebrate “New York’s Participant in the War”.
Member honorary Committee for Churchman Award. Member Textbook Commission to eliminate from textbooks matter that breeds intolerance.
Married Ruth Dorothy Simon, November 28, 1921.