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In memory of
Mr. Willing Higbie Phillips
November 3, 1936 - April 10, 2025
Nov 3, 1936 - Apr 10, 2025
Willing's timeline
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1936
Born
November 3rd, 1936
1940
Kenneth Higbie Phillips, brother, is born
March 5th, 1940
1949
Attends Morristown Prep
1949
Morristown, NJ
1950
Michael Harrison Phillips, brother, is born
October 25th, 1950
1951
Attends Hotchkiss Boarding School
1951
1956
Pledges Zeta Psi Fraternity
1956
1957
Serves in United States Army for three years
1957
Marries Susan C. Hindle
December 28th, 1957
1958
Serves as a DJ in Korea with the US Army (similar to Good Morning Vietman with Robin Williams)
1958
1962
Graduated from college
1962
Haverford College, Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA
BA, Psychology
1963
Head of the Science Department; Shady Hill School
1963
Cambridge, MA
Post Graduate degree in geology, Tufts University
1963
1964
Karlton Allen, Nephew, is born
September 27th, 1964
1965
Daughter, Laura Hindle, is born
February 24th, 1965
Cambridge, MA
1966
Chief Instructor; Outward Bound
1966
Oregon
Daughter, Katharine Higbie, is born
April 25th, 1966
Cambridge, MA
1967
Leader of the first US ascent of Cassin Ridge, Mount McKinley
1967
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Tania Rinker, Niece, is born
April 18th, 1967
1968
Leader of Climbing Expedition to the Cordillers Blanca, Peru - New route on Chopicalque.
1968
Peru
1969
Larissa Cornell, niece, is born
March 24th, 1969
1970
Founded Habitat School of Environment, Director of Education
1970
Cambridge, MA
Leader of North American Andean Relief Mission
1970
Peru
1976
Jessica, niece, is born
March 13th, 1976
1983
Trevor Phillips, nephew, is born
December 5th, 1983
1984
Marion Elizabeth, daughter, is born
January 27th, 1984
San Diego, CA
1986
Anna Pauline, daughter, is born
January 6th, 1986
San Diego, CA
1988
Samantha Stewart, first grandaughter, is born
July 27th, 1988
Nantucket Island, Nantucket, MA
2000
Walker William, first grandson, is born on Willing's birthday
November 3rd, 2000
Nantucket Island, Nantucket, MA
2003
Reece Lawton, second grandson, is born
March 6th, 2003
New York City, NY
2004
Brooke Susan, second granddaughter, is born
August 27th, 2004
New York City, NY
2019
Liviyah Itamar Katz, granddaughter, is born
August 4th, 2019
2021
Avra Kenni Katz, granddaughter, is born
July 30th, 2021
2023
Kairi, great-grandson, is born
August 21st, 2023
2025
Passed away
April 10th, 2025
Quincy, MA
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$2,108.00
Raised by 12 people
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Marion Phillips (Willing's daughter),
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