Stone Phillips (born December 2, 1954) is an American retired television reporter and correspondent on NBC, ABC and PBS. He is widely known as the former co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a news magazine TV series. He has also worked as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today and as a substitute moderator on Meet the Press. Prior to his tenure at NBC, he was an ABC News correspondent for 20/20 and World News Tonight.

Early life

Born December 2, 1954, in Texas City, Texas, Phillips is the son of Victor and Grace Phillips, a Monsanto chemical engineer and school teacher, respectively. Victor Phillips is a veteran of World War II. Phillips attended Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Missouri, where he was an honor student and starting quarterback on the football team. Phillips is of Scottish ancestry.

Phillips matriculated at Yale University where he continued to excel in academics and in athletics. In 1976, he was starting quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs squad that won the Ivy League football championship. Phillips graduated with honors from Yale in 1977, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy. On December 18, 2014, Phillips would again appear on the final episode of The Colbert Report.

As of 2012, Phillips was contributing reports to the PBS NewsHour. In 2013, he reported on golf course water usage for The Golf Channel.

In May 2013, Phillips produced and hosted Moving with Grace, a documentary airing on PBS stations that chronicled his efforts and those of his siblings to provide care for their aging parents. It also explored various issues faced by other baby boomers in similar circumstance.

References

  • Biography at nbcnews.com