James Reese Phifer

James Reese Phifer
BornFebruary 19, 1916
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Died1998
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Alma materUniversity of Alabama
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseSue Clarkson
Children1 son, 3 daughters
Parent(s)William Phifer (father)
Olga Gough (mother)

James Reese Phifer (1916–1998) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Alabama.

Early life

James Reese Phifer was born on February 19, 1916, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1][2] His father was William Phifer and his mother, Olga Gough.[1]

He graduated from the University of Alabama, where he received a bachelor's degree, followed by a law degree.[2] He also learned how to fly airplanes.[2]

Career

Phifer started his career as a lawyer.[1] During World War II, he helped train British and French pilots.[1][2]

In 1952, Phifer founded the Phifer Aluminum Screen Company, a manufacturing company.[1][2] The firm made Phifer, an insect screening made of fiberglass.[1] It also produced Sunscreen, a sunray- and heat-resistant sunscreen, and Phifertex, a coating made of vinyl which protects furniture from the sun.[1] By 1956, he renamed the company Phifer Wire Products.[1] It is now known as Phifer, Inc. By 1998, according to The New York Times, it produced "more than half the world's aluminum insect screening and more than 60 percent of the world's fiberglass insect screening."[1]

Philanthropy

Phifer founded the Reese Phifer Jr. Memorial Trust, a philanthropic non-profit organization, in 1964.[1] Additionally, he made charitable contributions to his alma mater, the University of Alabama.[1] He received the Tutwiler Award in 1981 and an honorary doctorate in 1984.[1][2] By 1991, the Reese Phifer Hall was renamed in his honor.[3]

He was inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame in 1991.[2] Ten years later, in 2001, he was inducted into the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of Fame.[2]

Personal life

He married Sue Clarkson.[1][2] They had a son, who predeceased him, and three daughters.[1]

Death

He died in 1998 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o J. Reese Phifer, 82, Founder Of Aluminum Screen Empire, The New York Times, October 28, 1998
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j JAMES REESE PHIFER, 1916-1998, Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum
  3. ^ The University of Alabama: Reese Phifer Hall (Communication Building)

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