Deceased April 23, 2023
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IN MEMORY
Phil Miani died in California in April, tended by his much-loved daughters Justine and Nicole and their children.
After Amherst, Phil became a sergeant in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany, where his first daughter was born. After completing his service, he spent many years in Colorado, where his second daughter was born and where both girls grew up. Phil mastered the insurance business there with Prudential Life, as an agent and product developer. In 1989, Phil moved to Key West, Fla., where he established The Miani Group in a building he acquired on Truman Avenue, providing financial planning and investment services to professionals and businesses throughout the Keys.
Phil loved music and played baritone horn and string bass as a freshman. In Key West, his passions blossomed, especially in supporting children’s music education. He created the Miani Sassy Cat Fund with the help of the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys to provide ongoing support for the Bahama Village Music Program. He was very active with the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, as a patron and member, and as a member of the Stradivari Society. He enjoyed international travel with the symphony and proudly supported its efforts, most especially their Symphony in the Schools music education program. Phil was recently celebrated at the orchestra’s 25th anniversary dinner as a Sound of Success honoree, and a memorial chair has been established in his name. To cap it all off, in his late 70s he took piano and guitar lessons and became good enough to sit in with local jazz groups around Key West.
Phil cherished many community connections, including the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys, The Studios of Key West, Reef Relief, the Florida Keys Democrats, the Key West Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Key West.
Lowell Henry ’62 and Gil Shasha ’61