M. Paul Phillips

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Major Paul Phillips (born December 20, 1873; died September 2, 1925 in Birmingham) was president of the Steel City Lumber Company and, through his involvement in the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, a champion for the establishment of a park system for Birmingham beginning in 1923. He corresponded with nationally-known park planner Frederick Law Olmsted Jr and his committee successfully lobbied the Alabama State Legislature to pass a law allowing Birmingham to establish a park board. When it was founded, he was one of its charter members.

Phillips came to Birmingham from Baltimore, Maryland in 1905.

Phillips was found in the throes of an apparent heart attack by a servant at his home early on the morning of September 2, 1925. Doctor Cunningham Wilson was summoned to attend to him, but could not save his life.

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