PHIL WOOD GREENSLET (1932-2017)

Phil Wood Greenslet, 84, died on April 1, 2017. He was born in Cochranton, PA, on May 6, 1932. He earned a BA from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1954 and an MA from Emory University in 1955. Following graduate school, he served with the US Army in Heidelberg, Germany, where he met his future wife, Myra. Together, they raised four children. Phil worked over forty years in retail management before retiring.

Phil was an avid collector and exhibitor, specializing in medals of Benjamin Franklin and military decorations. His exhibits won countless awards at local, regional, national, and international conventions. He wrote the definitive reference on medallic portraits of Benjamin Franklin; The Medals of Franklin was published by the Token and Medal Society in 1993. In addition, Phil held numerous positions in Maryland numismatic organizations, and he was instrumental in bringing the ANA’s annual convention to Baltimore in 1985. He served as exhibits chairman at the 1985 ANA convention and the 1991 ANA convention in Chicago.

Phil is survived by his four children and one grandson.

To read the Baltimore Sun obituary, see:
Phil Wood Greenslet (www.legacy.com/obituaries/baltimoresun/obituary.aspx?n=phil-wood-greenslet&pid=184825324&)

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