
Name
Philip Solomons
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Term of Award
Spring 2009
Degree Name
Doctor of Letters
Institution Issuing the Honorary Degree
Armstrong State University
Brief Biography of Degree Recipient
Philip Solomons (1919-2011) was a Savannah native who spent his first year of college at Armstrong State College before transferring to Georgia Tech. After graduation, he served in the Army Air Corp in World War II and later in the Korean War. For 47 years he worked in the family business, Solomons Company, a pharmaceutical distributer founded in the 1840's. Solomons was a member of many community and civic organizations and a life-long member of Congregation Mickve Israel. He endowed The Philip and Shirley Solomons Eminent Scholar Chair in the Department of Economics at Armstrong and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters on May 9, 2009.
Recommended Citation
Armstrong Atlantic State University, "Philip Solomons" (2009). Georgia Southern Honorary Degrees. 17.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gs-honorary-degrees/17
