Academic Metals Directory · entry

Philip Fike

Professor of metalsmithing/art, Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University (1953–died in office 1997; 45-year member who built the metals program)

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived (≈2014)

Listed as
Wayne State University — since 1953

Born
1927, Reedburg Baraboo, Wisconsin

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Philip Fike

Current role
Professor of metalsmithing/art, Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University (1953–died in office 1997; 45-year member who built the metals program)

Status
Deceased

Link
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Fike

Training

Undergraduate	University of Wisconsin - Madison · 1946 to 1950 BS
Graduate	University of Wisconsin - Madison · 1950 to 1951 MA

Lineage

Taught at

Flathead Valley Community College · 1953 to 1997Wayne State University · 1953 to 1997

Taught (in this directory)

Stanley LechtzinVickie Sedman

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Fike https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/phillip-fike-papers-16117 https://americanart.si.edu/artist/phillip-fike-27939 https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/14387

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