Evangelos Phillips

Evangelos P. Phillips

Tenure:

1962-1965

¹Education:

(≥1948) B.A., San Jose State College, San Jose, CA

(≤1958) M.A., San Jose State College, San Jose, CA

¹_{Degree dates are here estimated, pending}_{verification among SJSU records and archival resources; ranges based upon the 1945 date of Phillips's high school graduation and the 1958 start date of his credentialed teaching position at Willow Glen High School.}

1963
Source: Migma 63-64: A Yearbook and Photographic Directory of the Grossmont College Staff. La Mesa, CA: Grossmont Junior College / Monte Vista High School, 1964. p10.
Willow Glen High School faculty, 1959
Source: Rambler Yearbook, Class of 1959. San Jose, CA: Willow Glen High School, 1959: p13. Used with permission, courtesy of Willow Glen High School.

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Background and Bio

After earning his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees at San Jose State College, Evangelos P. "Van" Phillips worked locally in San Jose at Willow Glen High School from 1958 to 1962, where he is memorialized by his students as an impactful teacher of English and Drama, and directed such contemporary plays as Inherit the Wind, Death of a Salesman, and Glass Managerie.

Upon accepting an offer of hire from Grossmont Junior College, Phillips relocated with his wife to San Diego's Pacific Beach in 1962 and remained on staff at Grossmont for the next three years. His schedule was a garden variety mix of English Essentials/English Fundamentals and College Reading and Composition, with an occasional foray into Introduction to the Study of Literature or English Literature. However, yearning to return to his background in journalism and photojournalism, at the end of the Spring 1965 semester, he and his wife returned to San Jose, California, where he accepted a teaching position as Assistant Professor of Journalism at the brand new Evergreen Valley College.

Evangelos P. Phillips remained at Evergreen Valley College until his retirement in 1992 and was awarded Professor Emeritus. Afterward, he settled in Santa Clara, California, where, at the age of 73, he passed away in early 2001.

Acknowledgments

My appreciation to librarian Danelle Moon, Director of Special Collections, and April Gilbert, SJSU Library Science graduate student at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, for their assistance with Van Phillips’s records at San Jose State College.
A shout of gratitude goes out to Willow Glen High School's Principal Van Laarhoven and its Library Media Center Librarian, Lisa Yesson, for their generous help to secure an earlier faculty portrait of Evangelos Phillips, especially during a busy time of the school year.
Heartfelt thanks to Judy Filice, a graduate of Willow Glen High School in San Jose, California, who voluntarily reached out to share her memories about Van Phillips as the inspirational teacher who made a difference in hers and the lives of her classmates.

Publications

Phillips, Evangelos P. (Van). Interdisciplinary Approach in Education: Poetry and Photography (Study and Teaching). Report on Sabbatical Leave. San Jose, CA: Everygreen Valley College, 1976.
Phillips, Evangelos P. (Van). Photography: Study and Teaching. Sabbatical Report. San Jose, CA: Everygreen Valley College, 1984.

Sources

"Phillips, Evangel." Oaken Bucket Yearbook, Class of 1945. Oakland, CA: Oakland High School, 1945. p19.
"Phillips, Evangelos." Rambler Yearbook, Class of 1959. San Jose, CA: Willow Glen High School, 1959.
"Phillips, Evangelos P." Obituary. Mercury News (San Jose, CA) 27 February 2001. Online.
_____. Migma 63-64: A Yearbook and Photographic Directory of the Grossmont College Staff. La Mesa, CA: Grossmont Junior College / Monte Vista High School, 1964. p10.

Hiring Lineage

Robert W. Danielson, Chair (1961-1963 and 1967-1968):

Jane R. Spooner 1962-1963*(*tenured to Speech Dept. 1963-1983)
Evangelos P. Phillips 1962-1965
John Saetti 1962-1965* (*tenured to Humanities Dept. 1965-2000)
George Kirazian, Jr. 1962-1986 (Chair 1966-1967)
Barbara W. Faber 1963-1965

Last Updated: 12/21/2018

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Evangelos P. Phillips

Tenure:

1Education:

1Degree dates are here estimated, pending verification among SJSU records and archival resources; ranges based upon the 1945 date of Phillips's high school graduation and the 1958 start date of his credentialed teaching position at Willow Glen High School.

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¹Education:

¹_{Degree dates are here estimated, pending}_{verification among SJSU records and archival resources; ranges based upon the 1945 date of Phillips's high school graduation and the 1958 start date of his credentialed teaching position at Willow Glen High School.}