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Stone Phillips
American television news anchor (born 1954)
Stone Phillips | |
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| Born | (1954-12-02) December 2, 1954 (age 70) Texas City, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Former news anchor |
| Years active | 1978–2014 |
| Known for | Former Anchor / Correspondent for NBC News |
| Spouse | Debra Phillips |
Stone Stockton Phillips (born December 2, 1954) is an American television reporter and correspondent on NBC, ABC and PBS. He is best known as the former co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a news magazine TV series. He's also worked as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today and as a substitute moderator on Meet the Press. Prior to his tenure at NBC, he was an ABC News correspondent for 20/20 and World News Tonight.
Early life
Phillips was born December 2, 1954, in Texas City, Texas, to parents Victor and Grace Phillips, a Monsanto chemical engineer and school teacher, respectively.[1] Victor Phillips is a veteran of World War II.[2] Phillips and his siblings—brother Victor III and si
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Stone Phillips Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Stone Stockton Philips is an American television reporter. Born on December 2, 1954, he is the former co-anchor of the newsmagazine TV show, Dateline NBC. Philips during his stay with NBC also served as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today. He was also a substitute moderator of Meet the Press. Before joining NBC, Philips worked as a correspondent for ABC News’s 20/20 and World News Tonight.
Early Life
Stone Stockton Philips was born on December 2, 1954, in Texas City to Grace and Victor Philips. His father is a World War II veteran and worked as a Monsanto chemical engineer, and his mother was a schoolteacher. He has two siblings, Victor III, and Minta. Raised in the Claymont section of Ballwin, Missouri, Greater St. Louis area, Philips was an acolyte at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Ellisville, Missouri in his early years. His parents were founding members of the church.
Education
Stone Philips received education at Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Missouri. He was a bril
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Meet Stone
I am often asked about my name, so let me begin there. My parents named me Stone Stockton Phillips. An avalanche of nicknames has followed ever since: rock, pebble, stoney, stone man, and the recently coined (by Al Roker) stonelator. It could have been worse. There are three generations of men in my family with the middle name Duzerah. We still haven’t figured that one out.
I was born in Texas City, Texas. My parents, both natives of Texas, moved there a few years after the 1947 industrial explosion that put Texas City on the map. Barefoot summers, backyard baseball, bike riding, tree climbing, catching “crawdads” and “horn toads” in the drainage ditch, flat top haircuts, piano lessons, Sundays at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Monopoly marathons with my brother and sister, trips to the beach in nearby Galveston—all wonderful memories to this day. Though our home was damaged by Hurricane Carla in 1961, the storm never dampened our love for Texas City.
My family left the Lone Star state in 1965. A job transfer for my father, a chemical engine
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