Carol Lee Phillips M.D.

1932 - 2018

Carol Lee Phillips MD

Burlington - Carol Lee Phillips of Burlington, VT died on December 28, 2018. The daughter of Lawrence and Norma Fenton she was born in Stratford, CT on December 17, 1932. She was a graduate of Douglass College and Yale Medical School. She did residency training in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Baylor Hospital and Fletcher Allen Hospital. She joined the University of Vermont faculty in the department of Pediatrics in 1968 and rose to Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and head of the Pediatric service at Fletcher Allen. She also served as Associate Dean for Admission at the Medical School for seven years and later as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases for six years and was associate editor for their publication. She retired in 1995.

She was married in 1956 to Charles Alan Phillips MD who passed away in 1994. She is survived by her son Michael Phillips MD and his wife Brenda Phillips MD of Plattsburgh, NY; her daughter Cynthia Phillips and her husband Thomas Martin MD of Albuquerque, NM; her daughter Catherine Phillips of Williston, VT; her daughter Lynn Weiskopf and her husband Gary of Clifton Park, NY and eight much loved grandchildren.

At her request, there will be no memorial services. Those wishing to make donations in her honor should send them to the George and Francis Phillips fund for student scholarships at the University of Vermont College of Medicine care of the UVM Foundation, Attention Ruth Henry, 411 Main St. Burlington, VT 05401.