Philip Alan Legge, 86, of 1110 Marshall Road, husband of Phyllis Mae Cooper Sitterly Legge, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Greenwood, SC. Born in Urbana, OH, he was the first son of the late Harry Legge and Ruth Pearson Legge. Mr. Legge was a graduate of Urbana High School and received both his Bachelor�s and Master�s Degrees from the Case Institute of Technology. He worked in engineering management at the New York Airbrake Company in Watertown, NY and at Pesco Products Corporation in Cleveland, OH before taking the job of Assistant to the President at his alma mater, Case Institute in Cleveland. For 31 years, Mr. Legge served as Secretary of the Corporation at Case Institute, the first person to hold that position. In this capacity he worked closely with nine successive chairmen and six presidents of Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University. He retired in 1989 and was appointed Secretary Emeritus of the Corporation in that year. Mr. Legge also served as president of the Case Club of Cleveland, co-class agent for the �great� class of 1943 for 21 years and as a student advisor for a number of years. He was an active alumnus of his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, serving as a chapter advisor for 19 years and where a scholarship fund was established in his name, still awarding monies to deserving students today. Mr. Legge was awarded the Case Institute of Technology Achievement Award in 1963 and the Case Alumni Association�s Meritorious Service Award in 1970. Mr. Legge served as a lieutenant in the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. He was a proud veteran of the Iwo Jima invasion and maintained contacts with the crew of his LSM ship throughout his life. He was a faithful member of the Hendersonville, NC Civitan Club and the University Club there that he helped found. In Greenwood, SC he was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church, and participated in the Trinity Sunday School Class. At his home in Wesley Commons, he loved the current events club and was an enthusiastic member of the locally well-known Kitchen Band. He was twice married, first to the late Mary Alice Baker Legge. Surviving is his wife, Phyllis; a daughter, Susan Campbell and her husband, William, of Charlottesville, VA; a son, Stephen Legge of Groton, MA; a stepdaughter, Karen Hoyt and her husband, Charlie, of Bellefontaine, OH; a stepson, Kurt Sitterly of Atlanta, GA; a brother, L. Norman Legge of Indianapolis, IN; grandchildren, Scott Campbell and his wife, Heather, Mark Campbell and his wife, Jaime, Todd Campbell and his wife, Haley, Heather Meyer and her husband, Ross, and Jeffrey Legge; three step grandchildren; great grandchildren, Lauren, Katelyn, Grace, Catherine and Lindsey.