FRANK J. PHILLIPS 



Frank Jay Phillips 



The very sudden and untimely 

 death of Prof. Frank J. Phillips at 

 his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 

 Feb. 12, 1911, deprives the Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska of one of its most 

 brilliant professors and the forestry 

 profession of one of its brightes: 

 and most enthusiastic members. 



Prof. Phillips was born at Grand- 

 ville, Mich., in 1882. His early edu- 

 cation was received in the publi: 

 schools of Grandville, and he first 

 became interested in the subject of 

 forestry during the latter years of 

 IT'S scientific course at the Michigan 

 Agricultural College, from which 

 institution he graduated in 1903 with 

 the decree of Bachelor of Science. 



Mis gr^at love for outdoor life 

 and his intense interest in forestry 

 caused him to continue his studies 

 at the University of Michigan, from 

 which institution he received the 

 degree of Bachelor of Arts in 190."> 



and the degree of Master of Science 

 of Forestry in 1900. From 1899 to 

 1905 he spent his summer vacations 

 with field parties of the Bureau of 

 Forestry in studying forest condi- 

 tions in various parts of the mi dell? 

 west, the south and the Pacific Coast 

 states. Upon the completion of his 

 studies at Michigan he was appointed 

 Forest Assistart in the Forest Ser- 

 vice, spending the year in the 

 National Forests of New Mexico and 

 Arizona, and resigned from the Ser- 

 vice in September, 1907. to take the 

 position of Professor of Forestry at 

 the University of Nebraska, which 

 position he held at the time of his 

 death. 



Prof. Phillips' death was a par- 

 ticularly sad one. Tt takes from our 

 midst a man of rare ability and a 

 keen observer, one who has accotn 

 plished much in a short time and 

 one who was just entering the period 



