Background
Keene, Philip Edward was born on October 8, 1906 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Edward Spencer and Myrtle (Pearman) Keene.
Keene, Philip Edward was born on October 8, 1906 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Edward Spencer and Myrtle (Pearman) Keene.
Bachelor of Science in Architect, North Dakota State University, 1928. Master of Science in Architect, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1932.
Draftsman Theodore B. Wells, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1933—1935, Victor N. Jones, Seattle, 1936. Principal Philip E. Keene, Port Angeles, 1937—1942. Senior project planner Federal Public Housing Administration, Seattle, 1942—1944.
Architect Washington State University, Pullman, 1944—1972. Arbiter American Arbitration Association, 1971—1982. Restoration architect Whitman County History Society, Pullman, since 1972.
Editorial advisory board College and University Business, 1950—1972.
Board directors Pullman Hospital Foundation, 1973—1981. President Pullman Council Aging, 1978. Member Pullman United Way, 1975, Pullman School Directors, 1958.
Member of American Institute of Architects, Association University Architects (Distinguished Service award 1982), Kiwanis.
Married Bernice Laurine Hanson, April 25, 1937. Children: Janet Bernice, Philip Spencer, Terence Edward.