USRowing ID# 25880
Phil was born and raised in Philadelphia where his rowing career started. He was Captain of the Varsity crew at St Joe's Prep in 1960, Sholarship winner and Captain and Stroke for the St Joe's College Freshmen in 1961. He was invited as a college sophomore to be a member of the US Pan Am Eight in 1963.
After graduation from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1968 he developed his career in medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He returned to rowing as a Founding Member of RRC in 1990, and President of RRC in 1993. He competed in regional regattas and took an RRC team to the Henley Regatta in England.
In Rochester he coached the adult learn to row and competitive rowers and then launched the Junior team becoming a Junior Team Assistant coach from 2001-2008 and Junior team and Head Coach in 2008.