1936 President Clarence Delbert Phillips

CLARENCE D. PHILLIPS (Charter Member)

Clarence Delbert Phillips was born in Superior, Wisconsin, on May 8, 1903. The family moved to Spokane, Washington, in 1906. He was educated in the public schools of Spokane.  During and after high school he worked in logging and lumber mills, and later was with the Spokane Title Company and the Northwestern Title Insurance Company until 1922. He then attended Willamette University at Salem, Oregon, where he received an LL.B. degree in 1925. While attending the University he served as secretary to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon. He was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1925, and has practiced law in Oregon since that time. He is a member of Sigma Chi social fraternity and Delta Theta Phi law fraternity.

From October 1925 to September 1926 he was deputy District Attorney in Jackson County, Oregon. In 1926 he moved to Portland and became associated with the firm of Griffith, Peck & Coke. In 1940 he was made a partner in the firm of Griffith, Peck, Phillips & Nelson, and is now a member of the firm of Griffith, Peck, Phillips and Coughlin.

Mr. Phillips is a member of the Portland City Club, of which he was president for one year during 1945-46. He was president of the Geological Society of the Oregon Country for one year during 1936-37. He is a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Oregon, Past Eminent Commander of Oregon Commandery, Knights Templar of Oregon, and is at present a member of the Board of Governors of the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children at Portland, Oregon. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland.

Mr. Phillips was married to Mildred I. Tomlinson on December 31, 1928. They have one daughter and one son. They reside at 7630 S.E. Thirtieth Avenue.