Background
Val, Philip Livingston Rollin Du was born on April 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of Clive Livingston and Augusta (Lynde) DuVal.
Val, Philip Livingston Rollin Du was born on April 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of Clive Livingston and Augusta (Lynde) DuVal.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1943.
Salesman Bates Fabrics Company, New York City, 1946-1951. Assistant sales manager William Skinner & Sons, 1953-1954. Category manager The New Yorker magazine, 1955-1957.
Executive vice president, manager sales and advertising Gordon Ford Sales Company, 1957-1959. With Harper-Atlantic Sales Company, 1959-1976, executive vice president, 1965-1968, president, 1968-1976. Associate public Quest/77 Magazine, 1977-1979.
Marketing director New York Times Magazine, since 1979. Chairman board Yale Alumni Publications, Incorporated, New York Haven, 1969-1972. Vice president National Institute Social Sciences, 1971-1979, chairman, 1979-1982.
Board managers St. Andrews Society New York, New York City, 1969-1972.
Officer New Canaan Volunteer Fire Company 1, 1958-1982, chairman fire commissioners, 1974-1982, chairman zoning board appeals, Town New Canaan, 1960-1972. Member national executive committee Purnell School, Pottersville, New Jersey, 1970-1975. Board directors American-Scottish Foundation, since 1970, Publishers Information Bureau, 1973-1979, Save the Children Federation, 1977-1982.
Served to Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, 51-52. Member Elihu Society (Yale), Magazine Publishers Association (marketing committee 1974-1979). Clubs: Yale (New York City), Pilgrims (New York City).
New Canaan Country.
Married Barbara V. Wheeler, December 27, 1952 (divorced November 1968). Children– Philip L.R. II, Alexandra Lynde, Ian Stewart Chapin. Married Janis Locke Lee, February 1, 1969.