Philip Edgar Schwab Jr.

PHILIP EDGAR SCHWAB, JR. Philip Edgar Schwab, Jr. passed away on August 28, 2005 after a brief and devastating bout with neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was 76 years old. Born May 17, 1929 in Little Falls Minnesota, he was the youngest of four sons of Ruth and Philip E. Schwab, Sr. After his graduation from Pelican Rapids High School, in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, Philip attended Moorhead State Teachers College in Moorhead, Minnesota for one year before transferring to the University of Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Law in 1953. On December 25, 1953 he married Joanne Lynn Hanson of Northfield, Minnesota. One year later, in December, 1954, Philip and Joanne moved to Santa Ana, California where he became an Associate Attorney with the Law Firm of Dreizen & Corfman. On February 10, 1966, the Governor Edmund Brown, Sr. appointed Philip to the Orange County Municipal Court bench. He was elevated to the Superior Court bench on November 25, 1971, by then Governor Edmund Brown, Jr. After serving over 21 distinguished years as a judge, Philip "retired" from the bench and began a second successful career as a mediator and arbitrator for Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS). He remained active with JAMS up until one week before his death. Philip has three loves: his family, the law, and Glacier National Park, Montana. He is survived by his wife, Joanne; his children: son, Eric Schwab and his wife Carole of Sacramento, California, daughters, Sara Trask and her husband Scott of Irvine, California, and Anne Winn and her husband Brent of San Diego, California; nine grandchildren, and one brother, Richard N. Schwab of Davis, California. A memorial service to celebrate Philip's life will be held at Waverly Church, Fairhaven Memorial Park, 1702 Fairhaven Avenue, Santa Ana, California on Friday, September 2, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. Donations may be made to The National Park Foundation - The Glacier Fund, 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 600, Washington DC, 20036 (www.glacierfund.org) and/or Cedars-Sinai Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, P.O. Box 48750 - Tribute/Suite 2416, Los Angeles, California, 90048-0750 (www.cedars-sinai.edu).