President Stone - Biographical Information

Curriculum Vitae Born in Bassett, Virginia, Phillip C. Stone received his undergraduate education at Bridgewater College, attended the University of Chicago Graduate School of Economics and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. After 24 years of law practice with the Harrisonburg law firm of Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Stone accepted the invitation to become President of Bridgewater College, effective August 1, 1994. In his law practice, he was involved in estate planning, corporate and health law. During his practice, Stone was elected a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, the American Bar Foundation and the Virginia Bar Foundation. He was also listed in the first four editions of The Best Lawyers in America. Stone has held leadership positions in the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association and other legal societies. In 1997, he served as President of the Virginia Bar Association. He has chaired the Virginia State Bar Committee on Ethics and its Disciplinary Board. He has been president or chairman of several bar groups. Stone has served as a Bridgewater College Trustee since 1975. He has served on the Board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg for nine years, serving five years as Chairman. He was appointed by Governor Warner to serve on the Commonwealth Transportation Board from 2002-2005. He served as Moderator of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference from 1990-91, the highest elected office of the denomination. Previously, he served as Chairman of the General Board of the Church of the Brethren. He has been active in local historical groups and annually conducts a ceremony at the local Lincoln Cemetery to commemorate the birth of Abraham Lincoln . Stone is the recipient of two honorary doctorates. In 1987, he was honored as the National Churchman of the Year by Religious Heritage of America and in 1993 received the Harrisonburg Exchange Club Golden Deeds Award. Dr. Stone and his wife, Cherrill Kline Stone, a member of the Bridgewater class of 1966, have four children all of whom are graduates of Bridgewater College.