Philip K. Walcott '97, whose sudden death in New York City is announced, was known as a legal adviser of municipalities and bond dealers in matters of municipal finance throughout this country and Canada. He belonged to one of the oldest families of New England, and was born in Concord, December 11, 1877, a son of Charles Hosmer and Florence (Keyes) Walcott. He was graduated at Harvard College cum laude in 1897 and attended the Harvard Law School for two years and New York University Law School for one year. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1900.

For ten years Mr. Walcott was associated with the law firm of Delafield & Longfellow and their successors, Hawkins, Delafield & Longfellow, New York, and from 1912 until the time of his death was a member of the latter firm. He made a specialty of the law of municipal corporations.

Mr. Walcott was a man of literary tastes and attainments, although he rarely wrote for publication. In 1904 he delivered the memorial address at Concord on the occasion of the 269th anniversary of the founding of the town. He was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, the Harvard Clubs of New York and Boston, and the Richmond Country Club