Background
Phillips, Walter Sargeant was born on October 20, 1905 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred A. and Mary Genevieve (Sargeant) Phillips.
Phillips, Walter Sargeant was born on October 20, 1905 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fred A. and Mary Genevieve (Sargeant) Phillips.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1929, student 1931-1932. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago (fellow in botany, 1933-1935), 1935.
December 29, 1936); married second, Thelma F. Kinyoun, March 21, 1940. Instructor, Ming Shen School, Taiku, Shansi, China, 1929-1931. Instructor University of Miami, Florida, 1935, assistant professor of botany, 1935-1938, associate professor, 1938-1940.
Assistant professor botany, U. Arizona, 1940-1943, associate professor, 1943-1947, professor botany, since 1947, head department botany and range ecology, 1947-1963.
Assistant botanist in Experimental Station, 1940-1947, botanist, 1947-1975.
Member Botanical Society American, Ecologial Society of America, American Fern Society (treasurer 1958-1962), American Society Range Management, Tucson Natural History Society (secretary, 1944-1946, president, 1946-1947), Phi Kappa Phi (secretary since 1950), Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma.
Married Kathryn I. Tankersley, August 25, 1935 (deceased. Married second, Thelma F. Kinyoun, March 21, 1940.