Stone Phillips
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Stone Stockton Phillips (born December 2, 1954) is the co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a newsmagazine TV show. He has also worked as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today and as a substitute moderator on Meet the Press.
Phillips was born in Texas City, Texas to Victor (Monsanto chemical engineer) and Grace (teacher) Phillips and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Parkway West Senior High School. During college at Yale he was the starting quarterback for the football team and graduated with a degree in philosophy. He was also a member of the Yale secret society “Scroll and Key.” He has also hosted Weekend Magazine with Stone Phillips. In 1986, he landed his first major on-air role as a correspondent for 20/20. That year, he also acted as substitute host on Good Morning America and as sports anchor on ABC’s World News Sunday.
On October 17, 2005, Phillips was a guest on the premiere episode of The Colbert Report. He is known for his clear delivery and appearance of gravitas. On June 5, 2006 Phillips returned for the 100th episode of the Report as the first repeat guest in the show's history, and competed with Colbert in a gravitas-off.
Phillips lives in New York with wife, Debra, and son Streeter Phillips (b. 1988). Streeter Philips attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Riverdale in the Bronx. Streeter has been accepted to Yale University's class of 2010.
| Preceded by: Originator |
Dateline NBC 1992–Present Co-Anchor with Jane Pauley from 1992 to 2003 solo from 2003 to 2005, and with Ann Curry from 2005 to Present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
