Stanley Davis Phillips

{{Short description|American diplomat and CEO (1942–2022)}}

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Stanley Davis “Dave” Phillips (May 11, 1942, High Point, North Carolina – November 20, 2022)https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/stanley-phillips-obituary?id=38214664 was the chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Industries, Inc. and was a political appointee as U.S. Ambassador to Estonia{{cite web |title=Stanley Davis (Dave) Phillips |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/83158.htm |website=Archive |publisher=US Department of State |access-date=7 June 2021}} from April 16, 2007 until January 16, 2009.{{cite web |title=Stanley Davis (Dave) Phillips |url=https://www.americanambassadors.org/members/stanley-davis-dave-phillips |website=Council of American Ambassadors |access-date=7 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Stanley Davis Phillips (1942–) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/phillips-stanley-davis |website=Office of the Historian |publisher=US Department of State |access-date=7 June 2021}}

Biography

Phillips attended Choate Rosemary Hall and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he joined the Beta chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Choate awarded him the 2010 Choate Seal Prize.{{cite news |title=Furniture Industry Veteran Dave Phillips Receives Prestigious Seal Prize |url=https://www.furninfo.com/furniture-industry-news-archive/11604 |access-date=7 June 2021 |publisher=Furniture World Magazine |date=June 24, 2010}}

=Business career=

Phillips was the founding chairman of Phillips Factors Corp., a financial services firm which merged with BB&T Corp., founder of Phillips Mills (merged with Culp Inc.) and a founding partner of the Market Square Partnership, which merged with Vornado Realty Trust.

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