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James F. Phillips, a longtime clinical professor of medicine and former UB Council member, died Feb. 26 in his Buffalo home after a brief illness. He was 90.
A native of West Seneca, Phillips was enrolled in Canisius College, one trimester short of earning his bachelor’s degree, when he was drafted during World War II. The Army, in need of doctors, placed him in the UB School of Medicine. It was reported that he had the highest scores in the nation when he graduated in 1947.
Phillips entered private practice in 1952 with the late William Lipp, joining the Buffalo Medical Group in 1979. He practiced until 2010. In the mid-1970s, he was president of the medical staff at Buffalo General Hospital.
He served as a member of the UB Council from 1978-97.
Active in the United Way, Phillips founded the Health Care Project for the unemployed and uninsured. For this effort, Gov. Mario Cuomo presented him the Eleanor Roosevelt Community Service Award.
Phillips also was the recipient of UB’s Samuel P. Capen Award in 1991.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. March 3 in St. Michael Catholic Church, 651 Washington St., Buffalo.
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