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Claude Phillips
In Memory of
Claude S.
Phillips Jr.
1923 - 2014
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Inspiration and Leadership!

I remember Claude Phillip as a person of kindness and caring. I remember him as a person of positive purpose. He was a mentor and a guide. He inspired by his passion for scholarship and excellence. As an educator, he was a model for others to follow...

Gerhard A. Fürst
2015-04-10 09:19:40
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A Gentleman Scholar

Claude retired one year after I was hired, and I was saddened to lose him as a mentor in the department. Claude was a true gentleman scholar, a genuinely nice man with a wide range of intellectual interests and a deep love of teaching and students. He...

Jim Butterfield
2014-04-21 10:20:53
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Claude the honest mentor.

I was hired by Western Michigan University in 1970. My field was West African history. I shortly joined the African Studies faculty of the Institute of International and Area Studies. It was there that I first met and collaborated with Claude S. Phillips....

Dr. Bruce M. Haight
2014-04-20 16:07:39
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