PHILLIPS UNIVERSITY

'Phillips University' was a private, coeducational institution of higher education located in Enid, Oklahoma, United States, from 1906 to 1998. It was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It included an undergraduate college and a graduate seminary. The university was also home to the Enid-Phillips Symphony Orchestra and its campus regularly hosted events for the Tri-State Music Festival. For one year, 1920, the school was a member of the Southwest Athletic Conference. Due to serious financial problems, Phillips filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 1, 1998, and closed its doors four months later.Northern Oklahoma College moves on Enid campus, ''Associated Press'', June 18, 1999. The seminary survives as the Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which also houses transcripts for alumni of Phillips University. The university was not affiliated with Phillips Petroleum, which was located in nearby Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
After the bankruptcy of the university in 1998, the liquidation of assets yielded $3 million in funds for the formation of the Phillips University Legacy Foundation (PULF), which awards annual scholarships to undergraduate students attending Disciples of Christ-related colleges and universities. The former campus was purchased in June 1999 by Northern Oklahoma College (NOC), a public college, for $6.1 million (split $1.9 million paid by the city of Enid, $800,000 by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and $3.4 million by NOC).Northern Oklahoma College moves on Enid campus, ''Associated Press'', June 18, 1999. NOC, based in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, phased the entire property into use as a satellite campus.Northern Oklahoma College moves on Enid campus, ''Associated Press'', June 18, 1999.

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★ Phillips University Legacy Foundation

★ Phillips University Alumni and Friends Association