Background
Jessup, Philip Caryl was born on August 30, 1926 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Philip C. and Lois K. (Kellogg) Jessup.
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Philip Caryl Jessup
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Bachelor of Arts, Yale College, 1949; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1952.
Career
Attorney, Whitman, Ransom & Coulson, New York City, 1952-1958; legal officer, International Nickel Company, Inc., New York City, 1958-1963; general solicitor international, Inco Ltd., New York City, 1963-1968; chief legal officer, secretary, director, Inco Europe Ltd., London, 1968-1972; president, managing director, P.T. International Nickel Indonesia, Jakarta, 1972-1978; vice president, general counsel and secretary, Inco Ltd., New York City vice president, general counsel and secretary, Inco Ltd., Toronto, Canada, 1978-1984; secretary, general counsel, National Gallery Art, Washington, since 1985. Director Biogen N.V., Geneva, 1981-1985. Chairman of the Board Inco Gulf, E.C., Bahrain, 1980-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Obor, International Book Institute Inc., Philadelphia, since 1978, secretary-treasurer, 1989-1996, Chairman of the Board, since 1996. Member of advisory commission H.H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, 1984-1989. Trustee Asia Society, since 1991, secretary, since 1993, member of advisory committee Washington Center, since 1985, chairman advising committee, since 1989.
President Friends of Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, since 1985. Member Council on Foreign Rels., New York City, since 1972. President West Brooklyn Indiana Democrats, 1956-1958.
Served to staff/sergeant C.E., United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, Century Association (New York City), Queens Club (London).
Connections
Married Dorothy A. Kerr, January 15, 1951 (divorced). Children: Timothy, Nancy, Margaret. Married Helen I. Ibbitson, Jan.24, 1969.
Stepchildren: Genevieve, Lucinda, Francesca, Alexander.
