Background
Rushing, Philip Dale was born on March 15, 1932 in Carbondale, Illinois, United States.
Rushing, Philip Dale was born on March 15, 1932 in Carbondale, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor, Southern Illinois University, 1958. Master of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, 1960.
Child welfare worker, Illinois Department Public Welfare, Salem, East St. Louis, 1958-1960; child welfare supervisor, Illinois Department Public Welfare, East St. Louis, 1960-1963; field representative, National Association for Retarded Children, Dallas, Denver, 1963-1965; director social services, A.L. Bowen Children's Center, Harrisburg, Illinois, 1965-1968; assistant zone director for mentally retarded, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Harrisburg, 1968-1974; regional coordinator for development disabilities, Illinois Department of Mental Health & Development Disabilities, Marion, 1974-1983; social work administrator, Choate Mental Health & Development Center, Anna, Illinois, 1983-1995; retired, 1995. Adjunct assistant professor Southern Illinois U. Rehabilitation Institute, Carbondale, Illinois, 1968-1978;board directors Southeastern Illinois Pastoral Counseling Centers, chairman personnel committee, 1996-1998.
Board deacons First Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, 1974-1977, board trustees, 1978-1980, board elders, 1980-1983, 96-98, 2003-2006. With United States Navy, 1951-1955, Korea. Fellow American Association Intellectual and Development Disabilities (life, chairman social work division Illinois chapter 1973-1974).
Member National Association of Social Workers (chairman East St. Louis branch 1962).
S. Paul and Beulah Myrl (Benton) R. Married Linda North, July 5, 1958 (divorced July 1964). 1 child, Lisa Anne Rushing Burrow.
Married Rosalie Anne Sturm, August 20, 1966.