Background
Smith, Phillip Thurmond was born on December 11, 1942 in Van Nuys, California, United States. Son of John Thomas McElroy and Eloise (Coggin) Smith.
Smith, Phillip Thurmond was born on December 11, 1942 in Van Nuys, California, United States. Son of John Thomas McElroy and Eloise (Coggin) Smith.
Graduate Westfield College, U. London, 1967-1968. Graduate admissions Columbia University, New York City, 1969-1970.
Assistant director graduate admissions Columbia University, New York City, 1969-1970. Lecturer U. Massachusetts, Boston, summer 1976, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1976-1978. Assistant, associate professor History Saint Joseph"s University, Philadelphia, 1978-1996, professor of history, 1996, also department chairman History, 1988-1994.
Served to captain United States Army, 1964-1966. National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1978, 88, 91. Member American History Association, North America Conference British Studies, North-East Victorian Studies Association, Middle Atlantic Conference on British Studies, Anglo-American Associations, Philadelphia Conference for for Modern European History, Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers.
Clubs: Columbia University.
Married Ellen Laurie Walker, June 27, 1970. Children: Roger Stephen, Kristen Susan.