PHILIP-KALLSEN-Obituary

PHILIP KALLSEN

Tacoma, Washington

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DIED
July 6, 2014
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Tacoma, Washington

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Philip Leslie Kallsen Like his baby-boomer cohorts, Phil Kallsen spent the 1950's with Mickey Mouse, Scrooge McDuck and a shockingly messy school desk. Phil's plan was to work for Walt Disney, cranking out celluloid cells at the rate of 24 frames per second. The morning after a parent-teacher...

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Just to remember Phil a few years after his death. Never forgotten by his old High School cohort, Greg Yuckert, Mark Clark, and myself. Our gang of four remained friends down the decades. Hearing of Phil's death at what now (and then) seems a young age was hard. We have not forgotten him. Memory everlasting, Phil. Ed Winskill

Phil was one hell of a great guy, a good friend, classmate at U of W, a workmate, traveler, talented architect, always jovial, and an inspiration just to hang out with.

I am surprised and saddened to hear of the passing of my friend and colleague. I've worked with Phil for over 20 years and have long considered him a good friend. Our business conversations always ran long because we'd get side-tracked discussing politics or general philosophy. Of late we've met for lunch and conversation than for work. He was always ready to drop his assumptions and take a fresh look at a given problem, and I will miss his optimistic view of things. My thoughts and...

We were friends in Jr. and Sr. High School. Phil was a skier and encouraged me to join him on the slopes. I finally relented and joined him in Mark Clark's Simka at 4 am headed to the mountain, Crystal. It was snowing and we were ahead of the snow plow for awhile. It was almost a white out and we finally drifted off the road into a snow drift. The plow caught up to us and we were soon on our way again. Shortly after our arrival Phil decided to try out am ski contraption, a seat on a single...