Background
Wallis, Philip was born on July 9, 1899 in in New Jersey. Son of James Tureaud and Mary Deans (Mayer) Wallis.
Wallis, Philip was born on July 9, 1899 in in New Jersey. Son of James Tureaud and Mary Deans (Mayer) Wallis.
Student Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, 1911-1914. Gilman Country School, Baltimore, 1914-1917. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1921.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1924.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1924, and practiced as employee firm of Dickson, Beitler & McCouch (now Drinker, Biddle & Reath), 1924-1931, partner since 1932. Member board directors The Pitcairn Company, Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company, Incorporated.
Served as private, acting 1st sergeant, Princeton South. A.T.C., 1918. Member of the board Children’s Aid Society of Pennsylvania since 1939, Seybert Institution. Member American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations.
Clubs: Philadelphia, Racquet, Princeton (Philadelphia).
Married Miriam Roberts Clark, October 22, 1927. Children: James Tureaud, George Roberts, John, Robert Clark.