FIELD NOTES

FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BIOLOGICAL STATION

In Memoriam

Richard (Dick) Phillips

Richard (Dick) Phillips died on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012.  He was 87.  Dick and his wife Ellen Rowe Brillhart Phillips have been staunch supporters of the Biological Station from the time that the Station was founded.   

Dick served in World War II as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps, flying in the South Pacific.  He was awarded the air medal for courage, bravery, and devotion to duty.  Dick entered the University of Oklahoma before his army service and returned to OU after the war.  He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.  He received his degree in 1949.  As an alumnus he served on the Oklahoma Memorial Union Board and was President of the Dads' Day Association.   
      
Dick was a resident of Madill for 61 years.  He was an active member of the community and served at various times as a member of the Madill School Board, as President of the Chamber of Commerce, as President of the Madill Roundup Club, and as a Deacon in the First Baptist Church.

In the fall of 2009 the Friends of UOBS gathered at the Station for a special event, the celebration of the "60th birthday" of the Station.  Dick and Ellen Phillips and their family were honored guests.  At that time the original building on the Station grounds  was named Brillhart Hall in appreciation of the great support that Ellen's parents and later Dick and Ellen had given to the Station.   

Barbara Shirley

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