Obituary

John L. Phillips, Pacific Coast manager of the Okonite Company, died suddenly at San Francisco, September 6th, of heart failure. Mr. Phillips was well known in the electrical industries of the Pacific Coast. From 1900 to 1901 he was in the Electrical Department of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which position he left to become superintendent of the Electric Lighting Company at Staples, Minn. He returned to the Railroad Company the following year and remained with them as Signal Engineer until 1910. Then he became Assistant Engineer and Estimating Engineer for the General Railway Signal Company, Rochester, N.Y. In 1914, he was chosen Sales Engineer of the Central Railway Signal Company, New York, N.Y. and held this position up to the time of engaging with the Okonite company in 1919. Mr. Phillips joined the Institute in 1921.