Stanley Davis Phillips

Stanley Davis “Dave” Phillips was the chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Industries, Inc. and was a political appointee as U.S. Ambassador to Estonia from 2007 until 2009.

Biography

Phillips attended Choate Rosemary Hall and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he joined the Beta chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Choate awarded him the 2010 Choate Seal Prize.

Business career

Phillips was the founding chairman of Phillips Factors Corp., a financial services firm which merged with BB&T Corp., founder of Phillips Mills and a founding partner of the Market Square Partnership, which merged with Vornado Realty Trust.