A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 CHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPS, dean of the College of Commerce of the University of Iowa, has won many honors in the educational field, as an authority on finance and particularly in his administrative and teaching work at Iowa City, where he has had his home since 1913. Doctor Phillips was born at Scipio, Indiana, July 17, 1882, son of Jacob and Celia (Celestia) Phillips. He was educated in public schools in Indiana, and graduated with the A. B. degree from Central College of that state in 1904. He was principal of the high school at Weston, Ohio, in 1904-05, and held the chair of English and history in Central College in 1905-07. He then entered Yale University, where he took his A. B. degree in 1908, the Master of Arts degree in 1909, and in 1919 Yale conferred upon him the Doctor of Philosophy degree. He was instructor in economics at Yale in 1909-10, and from 1911 to 1913 was instructor in economics and finance at Dartmouth College. On coming to Iowa City in 1913 Doctor Phillips served as assistant professor of economics and finance at the State University until 1918, was professor of economics and finance form 1918 to 1920, and since 1921 has been dean of the College of Commerce. He was special teacher and lecturer on economics at Columbia University in the summer sessions of 1919, 1920 and 1922, and at the University of California in the summers of 1923 and 1928. Doctor Phillips is author of Readings in Money and Banking, published in 1916, and Bank Credit, published in 1920. He has been a member of the advisory council of the Stabel Money League, is a member of the International High Commission of the Pan American States, and is a member of the American Economics Association. Academy of Political Science, American Academy of Political and Social Science, is a national councillor of the United States Chamber of Commerce and president of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. Doctor Phillips is a director of the First National Bank of Iowa City and a member of the United Brethren Church. His college and honorary fraternities are Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Pi and Beta Gamma Sigma. He married Mary Gordon McMurray, of Huntington, Indiana, and they have three children, Jessie Dorthy, Gordon and Van Lehn. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)