Background
Cates, Phyllis Stork was born on September 28, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edwin Gordon and Grace Eleanor (Cummings) Stork.
Cates, Phyllis Stork was born on September 28, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edwin Gordon and Grace Eleanor (Cummings) Stork.
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1942; postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1942-1943; Master of Arts, Smith College, 1943.
Teacher English,, Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1945-1946; teacher English,, Boys' Center High School, Philadelphia, 1945-1946; private teacher piano,, Fairfax and Alexandria, Virginia, 1962-1968; Peace teacher gifted, Fairfax County Schools, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1968-1993; teacher to would-be teachers of gifted, Fairfax-Woodson High School, since 1975.
Choral director Newport (Rhode Island) Navy Wives' Chorus, 1953-1958. Member Fairfax Chorus, 1962-1966, Fort Hunt Chorus, 1967-1979, Mount Vernon Singers, Alexandria, 1979-1984, Alexandria Singers, 1984-1989. Member American Association of University Women, Marlan Forest Garden Club (president 1985-1986, 87-88, 91-92), Smithsonian Associations, Mount Vernon Navy Wives Association, Bolling Officers Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Sigma Phi (Christ Church chancel chapter).
Married Clifton B. Cates, Junior, April 25, 1945. Children: Clifton B. III, Phyllis E.B. Cates Beaucham, Nancy E.B. Cates Burgler.