Biography

10/28/1934 - 02/01/2023

Phillip “Phil” Price, Jr. (R36) Lancaster County 1979-1982

Early Life:

Phillip “Phil” Price, Jr., born, October 28, 1934, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Philip Price, Sr. and Sarah Harrison Price; Saint Paul’s School, New Hampshire; Harvard University, 1956; United States Army Reserve 1957-1958; University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Penn Carey Law), 1961; attorney, father’s law firm, Dechert Price and Rhoades (now Dechert, LLP); public defender’s office; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1976; Pennsylvania State Senate, 1979-1982; executive director, Allegheny West Foundation, 1982-1988; board member emeritus,  Fairmount Park Conservancy, married, Sarah Dolan Price, 1960, children, Alexandra Aly Price, Emilie Price, Philip Price, III; died, February 1, 2023, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Memorial service will be held in the spring.   

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, boards, Fairmount Park Conservancy, Association for Public Art, Civil War Museum of Philadelphia, Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation, Ludwick Foundation and Saint James School. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Delegate, Republican National Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, 1976. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 36th district, Lancaster County, 1979-1982.

Legacy:

Descendent, 12th United States President, Zachary Taylor; Civil War General George Gordon Meade; Joseph Harrison, Jr. who built, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Russia Railway. 

Great grandfather, Eli Kirk Price, Sr., Pennsylvania State Senate, Philadelphia City 1854 Philadelphia (old city) 1855-1856. 

Eli Kirk Price Sr. - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Followed a long family tradition of support, beginning with great grandfather, Eli Kirk Price, Sr., who founded, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; grandfather, Eli Kirk Price II, purchased, Albert Laessle, billy goat sculpture, Rittenhouse Square, 1919, financed, development, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia Museum of Art; father, Philip Price, Sr. served, Fairmount Park Commission.   

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members P". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

 "Obituary for Philip Price, Jr. at Jacob F. Ruth Funeral Directors". www.jacobfruth.com. Retrieved 2023-02-16

Philip Price Jr., former state senator, Fairmount Park commissioner, attorney, and community service executive, has died at 88 (inquirer.com)