Centralia College Foundation Receives Major Gift for Medical and Dental Students

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Richard Phillips, DMD donated a major gift to the Centralia College Foundation that will go toward scholarships for students on a dental or medical track of study.

Phillips graduated from Centralia College and later from the University of Oregon. Both his father and his older brother were DMDs and graduated from the University of Oregon as well.



Phillips was a dentist in Centralia for 46 years and retired in the late 1990s. While a freshman at Centralia College, Phillips was accepted into both the University of Oregon and University of Washington dental programs.