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|birth_place=[[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=[[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_date=April 20, 2013 (aged 72)
|death_date=April 20, 2013 (aged 72)
|death_place=Vienna, [[Virginia]]
|death_place=Vienna, [[Virginia]]
'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Saint John the Apostle Catholic Cemetery in Leesburg in Loudon County, Virginia
Saint John the Apostle Catholic Cemetery in Leesburg in Loudon County, Virginia
==Background==
==Background==
Phillips was born into a [[Jewish]] family in the Brighton neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; his father, Frederick Phillips was an [[insurance]] agent; his mother, the former Gertrude Goldberg, a homemaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/Profile_Howard_Phillips.htm Profile of Howard Phillips]|title=Profile of Howard Phillips|publisher=Issues2000.org|accessdate=June 6, 2020}}</ref> but he converted to evangelical [[Christianity]] as an adult in the 1970s. A 1962 graduate of [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts, he was twice elected chairman of the student union. He was also the president of Policy Analysis, Inc., a public policy research organization which publishes the bimonthly ''Issues and Strategy Bulletin.'' He resigned in 2011 as chairman of The Conservative Caucus.
Phillips was born into a [[Jewish]] family in the Brighton neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; his father, Frederick Phillips was an [[insurance]] agent; his mother, the former Gertrude Goldberg, a homemaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/Profile_Howard_Phillips.htm Profile of Howard Phillips|title=Profile of Howard Phillips|publisher=Issues2000.org|accessdate=June 6, 2020}}</ref> but he converted to evangelical [[Christianity]] as an adult in the 1970s. A 1962 graduate of [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts, he was twice elected chairman of the student union. He was also the president of Policy Analysis, Inc., a public policy research organization which publishes the bimonthly ''Issues and Strategy Bulletin.'' He retired in 2011 as chairman of The Conservative Caucus.
Phillips resided in Fairfax County, [[Virginia]], in the [[Washington, D.C.]], [[suburb]]s with his wife, the former Margaret "Peggy" Elizabeth Blanchard, and their three sons, Douglas, Bradford and Samuel, and three daughters Elizabeth Amanda Lants, Alexandra, and Jennifer; and 18 grandchildren.<ref name=nyt/>
Phillips resided in Fairfax County, [[Virginia]], in the [[Washington, D.C.]], [[suburb]]s with his wife, the former Margaret "Peggy" Elizabeth Blanchard, and their three sons, Douglas, Bradford and Samuel, and three daughters Elizabeth Amanda Lants, Alexandra, and Jennifer; and 18 grandchildren.<ref name=nyt/>