Dr. Charles Phillips

December 8, 2016

Colleagues:
I'm sorry to report that Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Dr Charles Phillips died yesterday (8 December 16) at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife Jeanette and their son. He was born in 1924 in the South Bay. He served in World War II and was wounded in Alsace-Lorraine, for which he received a Purple Heart. He taught high-school mathematics for a time, then went to graduate school and earned a PhD in statistics. He joined the Sonoma State faculty in 1969 and retired in 1994. He was an avid hiker and was proud of having hiked over 2,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. He and his wife traveled widely, and especially enjoyed visiting Victoria BC. Chuck also loved reading history, especially of the Civil War. He and Jeanette lived for 40 years in an eclectic house of their own design in the hills above Crane Canyon.
-- Rick Luttmann