Background
Villers, Philippe was born on June 20, 1935 in Paris. Arrived in the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946. Son of Raymond and Garda (Schmidt) Villers.
Villers, Philippe was born on June 20, 1935 in Paris. Arrived in the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946. Son of Raymond and Garda (Schmidt) Villers.
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Sciences cum laude, Harvard University, 1955. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Member manufacturing training program, General Electric Company, 1955-1958; project engineer, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Wilton, Connecticut, 1959-1962; project engineer Apollo Antenna pointings sensor, Barnes Engineering Company, Stamford, Connecticut, 1962-1965; project manager, Advanced Products Center, Link Group, General Precision, Inc., Binghamton, New York, 1965-1967; manager advanced products, Concord Control, Inc., Boston, 1967-1969; co-founder, senior vice-president, director, Computervision Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1969-1980; founder, president, director, Automatix, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, 1980-1984; Chairman of the Board, Automatix Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, 1984-1986; founder, president, director, Cognition Inc., 1985-1988. Board directors Xyvision, Inc., Wakefield, Massachusetts, chair 1992-1994. Board directors Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Energia Global, Wakefield, Grainpro Inc., Concord, Massachusetts, president, since 1996, Rowecom, Inc., Cambridge.
Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1988, 1992. Member Democratic Town Committee, Wilton, 1963, Concord, Massachusetts, since 1978, chairman, 1984—1996. Member Harvard Committee University Resources, 1981—1992.
Member various visiting committees Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981—1991. Member visiting committee National Bureau Standards, 1981—1984. Trustee University Lowell, 1985—1991.
Member advisory board Institute Global Leadership Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, since 2005. Founder and president Families United States of America Foundations (formerly Villers Foundation), Washington, since 1981, Bay State Retiree Volunteer Council, Concord, 1989—1992. Member of American Civil Liberties Union (president committee since 1981, board directors Physicians Human Rights 1991-1994), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Unitarian-Universalist Association (president council 1982-1986), Amnesty International (board directors 1990-1996, ombudsman 1992-1996, member executive committee 1994-1996, member leadership council since 1995, coordinator Concord group 15 since 1998), Sigma Xi.
Married Annie Louise Young, July 13, 1957 (divorced 1973). Children: Jocelyn Anne (deceased), Renata Jane. Married Katherine Stephan, 1973.
Children: Noel Stephan, Carolyn Grace.