Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1922, Oct. 22 | Born, Fort Worth, Tex. |
| 1940-1941 | Student, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. |
| 1941-1942 | Student, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Tex. |
| 1943-1945 | United States Army Air Corps |
| 1944 | Prisoner of war, Germany |
| 1948 | Married Helen Hausman Haasch (divorced 1967) Moved to Chile |
| 1948-1949 | Student, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile |
| 1948-1954 | Owned and edited South Pacific Mail, Chile |
| 1950-1954 | Contract agent, Central Intelligence Agency, Chile |
| 1954 | Directed Central Intelligence Agency clandestine radio service to Guatemala during Arbenz coup |
| 1955 | Converted from nontenured contract agent to career officer, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1955-1957 | Covert assignments, Central Intelligence Agency, Cuba and Lebanon |
| 1958-1961 | Owned and operated David A. Phillips Associates public relations firm, Cuba |
| 1960-1961 | Directed Central Intelligence Agency clandestine radio service to Cuba |
| 1961 | Joined State Department |
| 1961-1965 | Assigned to Mexico |
| 1965-1967 | Assigned to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 1968-1969 | Assigned to Washington, D. C. |
| 1969 | Married Virginia Pederson Simmons |
| 1970-1972 | First secretary, United States embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1972 | First secretary, United States embassy, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1973-1975 | Reassigned to Washington, D. C. Chief, Central Intelligence Agency Latin American operations |
| 1975 | Retired from State Department and Central Intelligence Agency; founded Association of Former Intelligence Officers |
| 1975-1988 | Lecturer, Potomac Lecture Bureau |
| 1977 | Published The Night Watch. New York: Atheneum |
| 1984-1988 | Owned and operated Stone Trail Press |
| 1988 | Central Intelligence Agency Seal Medal Published Secret Wars Diary. Bethesda, Md.: Stone Trail Press |
| 1988, July 7 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |