Background
Phillips, Thomas Embert was born on April 7, 1927 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Ross and Bess Delia (Clark) Phillips.
Phillips, Thomas Embert was born on April 7, 1927 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Ross and Bess Delia (Clark) Phillips.
Student, Phillips University, 1939. Student, Helen Lorenze Art School, 1943. Student, Kansas City Art Institute, 1975.
Commercial artist, Arnold-Chezem Advertising, Oklahoma City, 1948, 49; commercial artist, M and H Advertising, Oklahoma City, 1950; illustrator, Murray Collens Studio, New York City, 1952-1956; art director, William Barber & Company, Advertising, Colorado Springs, 1956-1964; staff artist, illustrator, American Hereford Association, Kansas City, Missoury, 1964-1969; artist, American Hereford Journal, Kansas City, Missoury, 1969-1972; partner, Philan Aural, Visual Enterprises, San Francisco, since 1976. Art teacher Army Special Superior vena cava syndrome, Sapporo, Japan, 1951. Demonstration painting Pikes Peak Art Association, Colorado Springs, 1960-1963, Association Fine Artists Greater Kansas City, Missoury, 1972-1974.
Teacher drawing Liberty (Missouri) Christian Church Day Care Center, 1973-1975, Rocky Mountain Participation Nursery School affiliated with City College San Francisco, since 1980, video, education television, Sacramento, 1998, CSU, Chico, 1998, Public School, Carmicael, California, 1998, Randall Museum, San Fran., 1998-1999, 2000, water color, Sharon Studio, San Fran., 1999. Trustee, Chief Financial Officer The Anstendig Institute, San Francisco, since 1978. Voting member Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma Sergeant United States Army, 1950-1952, Korea.
Cadet midshipman United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1945.
Married Marie Ellen McDivitt, November 14, 1948 (divorced September 1981). Children: Kathryn Marie, Thomas Richard, Stephen Ross, Donald Grayson.