* Irving Philips; Child Psychiatrist

Irving Philips, 70, former director of child and adolescent psychiatry at UC San Francisco. Philips began his career as a pediatrician but broadened his studies to include adolescent psychology. He was an advocate of Head Start. He joined UC San Francisco in 1955 and retired in July. At the time of his death, Philips was organizing the 1994 convention of the International Assn. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, of which he was a co-founder. A native of Hartford, Conn., Philips graduated from Oberlin College and the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He helped guide a five-year study reassessing the focus and training in child psychiatry that led to the publication of “Child Psychology: A Plan for the Coming Decades.” Among his many honors, Philips received the 1988 Agnes Purcell McGavin award from the American Psychiatric Assn. for his work in preventive aspects of mental retardation and the emotional disorders of childhood. He also received the UC regents’ J. Elliot Royer award for his contributions to psychiatry. In San Francisco on Saturday of cancer.