Background
Koonce, Phillip Anderson was born on November 25, 1922 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Son of Phillip A. and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Koonce.
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Phillip Anderson Koonce
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Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1948; postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1965-1967.
Career
Assistant engineer, United Gas Pipe Line Company, Jackson, Mississippi, 1948-1950; field engineer, Roy D. Martin Lumber Company, Alexandria, Louisiana, 1950-1951; project engineer, assistant vice president, then vice president, chief engineer, Michael Baker, Junior, Inc., Jackson, 1951-1967; executive vice president Southern division, Michael Baker, Junior, Inc., Jackson, 1967-1980; president Southern division, Michael Baker, Junior, Inc., Jackson, 1980-1986; vice chairman, Michael Baker, Junior, Inc., Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1986-1987; retired, 1987; engineering consultant, principal, Phillip A. Koonce, Professional Corporation, Jackson, since 1988. Member engineering advising committee, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1970-1983. Member of advisory county School Business, Jackson State University, 1989.
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Membership
Board directors Andrew Jackson county Boy Scouts American, since 1970. Member Mississippi Export Council, unites states department Commerce, Jackson, since 1970. President Hinds County Economics Development Board Trustees, Jackson, since 1988.
Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (president Jackson chapter 1971). Member NSPE, American Consulting Engineers Council (president Mississippi chapter 1974), American Public Works Association, Mississippi Engr.Soc. (president 1969), American Arbitration Association, Jackson Chamber of Commerce (board directors 1982-1986), Jackson Country Club, University Club (Jackson).
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Married Bea Bohannon, June 30, 1943.
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Religion
Episcopalian