Harold “Harry” Phillips ’69

Harold “Harry” Phillips ’69, of Santa Rosa, Calif.; May 26, of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was a radiologist who practiced for 50 years. He matriculated at Brown and enjoyed playing shortstop and quarterback for Brown’s baseball and football teams. He was scouted as a shortstop by the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox but chose a career in medicine. While growing up in New Jersey, he was the neighbor of Mickey Mantle and would request a signed baseball, which he would then pawn to his friends for pocket money. He attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati and met his future wife. After marriage and a residency at Boston City Hospital, he moved to California to teach at UC Davis Medical Center, eventually settling in Santa Rosa and joining Redwood Regional Medical Group. He worked hard to provide for his family but always enjoyed his children’s sports games and recitals, family vacations, traveling with his wife in later years, and reading. He is survived by his wife, Carol; three daughters; two sons-in-laws; two grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law; and nieces and nephews.