Stone Phillips

Stone Phillips

Stone Stockton Phillips (born December 2, 1954 in Texas City, Texas) is the former co-anchor of "Dateline NBC", a newsmagazine TV show. He has also worked as a substitute anchor for "NBC Nightly News" and "Today" and as a substitute moderator on "Meet the Press". He is known for his clear delivery and appearance of gravitasFact|date=July 2007. This image was satirized by actor Rob Lowe on "Saturday Night Live", and by Phillips himself in two appearances on "The Colbert Report".

Phillips was born in Texas City, Texas and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Victor, was a chemical engineer and his mother, Grace, was a teacher. Stone also has two siblings: a brother Vic, who is chairman of the college of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point; and a sister Minta, a radiologist in Greensboro, NC and a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He attended Parkway West High School, where he won so many departmental awards (more than 10) that the school started limiting future students to winning only 2 awardsFact|date=July 2007. While attending college at Yale, he was a starting quarterback on the football team and graduated with a degree in philosophy. He was also a member of Yale's Scroll and Key society.

In 1986, Phillips landed his first major on-air role as a correspondent for "20/20". That year, he was also a substitute host on "Good Morning America" and a sports anchor on ABC’s "World News Sunday". While at NBC News, Phillips also hosted "Weekend Magazine with Stone Phillips". On October 17, 2005, Phillips was a guest on the premiere episode of "The Colbert Report".

Phillips anchored "Dateline NBC" from its inception until July 2, 2007, when NBC in a cost cutting move did not renew his $7 million contract. [Peter Johnson, "NBC drops Stone Phillips" [http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-05-22-stone-phillips_N.htm] , USA Today 2007.] His anchor seat was not replaced. [David Bauder, "Anchor Stone Phillips out at NBC News" [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070522/ap_on_en_tv/tv_nbc_phillips] , AP 2007.]

Phillips lives in New York with his wife, Debra, and son Streeter Phillips (b. 1988). He traced his ancestry back to Aberdeen, Scotland.

References

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External links

* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3949454/ MSNBC bio]
*imdb name|id=0680812|name=Stone Phillips
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/401/000025326/ Stone Phillips] at NNDB


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