Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Philip Phillips Philip Phillips
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Other authors / contributors: | Phillips, Philip (Philip W.), interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Champaign, Illinois 2013 June 7. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Physicist Philip W. Phillips was born in Scarborough, Tobago. He received his B.S. degree from Walla Walla College in 1979 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington in 1982. Upon graduation, Phillips was awarded a Miller Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley from 1981 to 1984. In 1998, he was appointed as a Beckman Associate in the Center for Advanced Study. After being promoted to full professor and receiving tenure in 2004, Phillips went on to serve as the University Scholar and was named the Bliss Faculty Scholar in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Phillips served as the American Physical Society (APS) general councilor from 2000 to 2002. He was honored as the Edward A. Bouchet Lecturer of the APS in 2000. Phillips was elected as a Fellow of the APS in 2002 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.
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