Background
Ammon, Philip Ernst von was born on January 10, 1915 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernst Carl and Ida (Kroeschell) von Ammon.
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Philip Ernst von Ammon
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Student, Williams College, 1931-1933; Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1935; Juris Doctor, 1938.
Career
With firm, Sidley, McPherson, Austin & Burgess, Chicago, 1938-1946; with law department, A.T.&San Francisco R.R., 1946-1951; with firm, Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon, Udall & Powers, Professional Corporation,, Phoenix, since 1952; president, Fennemore Craig Professional Corporation, since 1953. Chief magistrate, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1974-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission, 1953-1955. Trustee, president Scottsdale (Arizona) Bds. Education, 1955-1958.
Councilman, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1964-1970. Member of advisory board Phoenix Symphony Association, 1959-1965. Board of directors Arizona Citizens for Strengthening Public School Education, 1959-1966, Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, 1969-1972.
Board directors Arizona Zoological Society, since 1976, president, 1981-1984. Trustee Arizona Academy, 1969-1975. Board visitors Arizona State University LawSch., since 1980.
Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Maricopa County Bar Association (past president, director), State Bar Arizona (Board of Governors, president 1968-1969), Arizona State University Law Society (president 1976-1978), Arizona Bar Foundation (trustee, vice president 1980-1983), American Judicature Society, University Club, ArizonaClub, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi.
Connections
Married Barbara Sieck, September 7, 1946. Children: Hallie, Karla, Sara.
