Winfred Robinson
I first met Phil Hopkins in 1963 in the offices of Sverdrup and Parcel in St. Louis, MO. Phil was a great mentor for a young engineer just finding his way in the field of engineering. He was also a great teacher. On one privite tour of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis he gave me a great foundation in brewery construction and operation. I last met him in the middle of an intersection in downtown Washington, D.C. where he was directing delivery of concrete sixty feet down to the floor of a new subway station. He was hard to miss! Two years later I replaced him on the subway project so he could go to a brewery construction project in Albany, N.Y. Before he left he gave me a valuable education on the subway project and what I needed to watch out for during the next two years of construction.
Phil was a great guy; mild mannered, patient and a lot of fun to be with.
Rest in peace, Phil.

