Ithaca College

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 7, for Ellis L. Phillips Jr., the fifth president of Ithaca College. The services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the United Church of Christ, 496 Main Street, Medfield, MA.

Phillips, who served as president from 1970 to 1975, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 28, at his home in Massachusetts at the age of 85. Following the funeral services, he will be buried with full military honors at Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield.

The family has requested that contributions in Ellis Phillips's name be sent to:

The Barton Center for Diabetes Education
30 Ennis Road
PO Box 356
North Oxford, MA 01537-0356

Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at:

Marion Phillips
279 North Street
Medfield, MA 02052