- Phillip Willkie
The name Philip Willkie has been held by two individuals, the son, and grandson of
Wendell L. Willkie .Philip Herman Willkie (1919 - 1974), the son of Wendell L. Willkie, held degrees from Princeton, Columbia & Harvard, and was a graduate of American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking. During WWII, he served as an LT in the US Navy Lt and was 2nd in Command under Commander Weems.
He was president of the Rushville National Bank, a farmer and cattleman, a state Representative in Indiana (served 3 terms), and also was a businessman who also served on several corporate boards.
He was active in the Republican party and champion of many causes including allowing foreign trained doctors the ability to practice in small town America and preserving the independence of small town banking.
His professional and social associations included being member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the Masonic Lodge, Moose, Elks, Press Club, and Columbia Club of Indianapolis. He was a lawyer who was admitted to the bar in New York, Washington D.C. and Indiana.
Philip Heffelfinger Willkie (1953 -), the son of Philip H. Willkie, lives in
Minnesota and is an activist in the Green Party.
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