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In Memory of

Claude S.
Phillips Jr.

1923 - 2014

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Condolence From: Paul F Justham

Condolence: Dear Hal, I am so sorry to learn of your father's passing. I am a grandson of Virginia (Ginger) Fruth Justham Phillips, to whom your father's father was married for many years of his life. I recently came across a copy of a book written by your father and tenderly dedicated and gifted to his father. I wonder if you would like to have that. It is titled "The Development of Nigerian Foreign Policy." I am sure that for your grandfather, coming out of the West Virginia coal mines, it was a prized token of what his son had achieved. It came to me after Ginger died years ago. I would be most pleased to be able to send it to you.

Sunday September 27, 2015

Condolence From: Gerhard A. Fuerst

Condolence: Dr. Phillips was a gentleman of the finest sort. His greetings were always very personal, positive and upbeat! He was an academic, scholar, educator, administrator, and author of the greatest quality, with attention for detail, perfection, in the search for quality, for accuracy, and the truth. I recall him very fondly as a mentor, and as a colleague of many years in the College of General Studies, teaching an all-important undergraduate course about the Non-Western World. He left a legacy of profound respect. He was admired by students and by his colleagues. He served WMU well!