Charles Franklin Phillips

Charles Franklin Phillips

Charles Franklin Phillips (May 25, 1910 – March 3, 1998) was the fourth president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and a well known economist and author.

Phillips was born in New York on May 25, 1910. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in economics from Colgate University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Phillips then went on to teach, research, and write as an economics professor at Colgate. At age 34 Phillips became the fourth president of Bates College. Phillips served from 1944 to 1967. As president Phillips initiated the core study program and 3/4 option allowing students to graduate in three years. He also initiated the study abroad program, oversaw the construction of many new buildings at Bates, and had the college's observatory demolished. Phillips retired in 1967. When Phillips died in 1998, he and his wife, Evelyn, left $9,000,000 to Bates. This bequest was used to fund the Phillips Fellowships, which are granted to students for research abroad. Phillip's donation is believed to be the largest bequest by an American college president to a college that he did not attend.

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References

  • Bates College Mirror 2006 (Lewiston, ME: Bates College, 2006).
Preceded by
Clifton Daggett Gray
President of Bates College
1944-1967
Succeeded by
Thomas Hedley Reynolds

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