Scarsdale Congregational Church

Phillip Seely Washburn - 1983 to 2007

Phillip Washburn was the Senior Minister of the Scarsdale Congregational Church from 1983 to 2007. A graduate of Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and Duke Divinity School in North Carolina, he has served churches in Dumfries, Scotland; Chapel Hill, NC; and Hamden, CT, before coming to Scarsdale. Reverend Washburn retired from his position at the Scarsdale Congregational Church in June of 2007, after 24 years of distinguished service. In recognition of his long, and highly successful, tenure; he was awarded the title Senior Minister Emeritus, by the congregation.