Frits Philips
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Portrait of Frits Philips
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| Born |
Frederik Jacques Philips 16 April 1905 Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Died | 5 December 2005 (aged 100) Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Technische Hogeschool Delft |
| Known for | Chairman of the BOD of Philips |
| Spouse(s) | Sylvia van Lennep (1929–1992) |
| Parent(s) |
Anton Philips (1874–1951) Anna de Jongh |
Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips (16 April 1905 – 5 December 2005) was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. For his actions in saving 382 Jews during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he was recognized in 1996 by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations.
Frits Philips was born in the city of Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands. The second child, he was the only son of Anton Philips and his wife Anne Henriëtte Elisabeth Maria de Jongh. His father was co-founder when in 1912 they incorporated the family business. Frits had an older sister named Annetje and a younger sister named Jettie. Their grandfather Frederik Philips was a first cousin of Karl Marx.
In 1923, Philips started his studies at the Delft University of Technology; he received an engineer's degree in mechanical engineering in 1929. He was introduced to the Oxford Group in 1934, the Christian movement that was the forerunner of Moral Re-Armament(MRA) and Initiatives of Change (IofC).
The Oxford Group was a lifelong source of inspiration to him and his wife. On 4 July 1929 in The Hague, he married Sylvia, Jonkvrouw van Lennep (The Hague, 16 December 1905 – Eindhoven, 29 August 1992), daughter of Jonkheer van Lennep (Wiesbaden, 3 October 1876 – The Hague, 13 September 1951), and wife Digna Jacoba Mijer (b. Batavia, 28 March 1883). The couple had seven children: Digna Hintzen-Philips (b. 14 September 1930), Anton Frederik (b. 12 March 1932 who married Charlotte Daneel and had Frits and Hanneke), Anne Jetje (Annejet) Philips-Campbell (b. 14 October 1933), Sylvia Philips-Van Werkhoven (b. 6 December 1936 – d. 13 June 1988), Warner (b. Eindhoven, 3 August 1938 who married Nel de Graaf), Frits (who married Maria Christina Bosschaart and had Warner (b. 3 October 1969) and Anton) and Maria.
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