Phillip’s Obituary Phillip Brion Havens was born May 9, 1957 in Orange, Texas to Oliver Keith Havens and Kay Charlotte Plant Havens, one of five children. He passed from this life on February 18, 2019 in Denton, Texas at the age of 61. Phillip attended Louisiana Tech University and later went on to become an electrical engineer.
He is survived by his wife, Jo Rene Havens, his two sons, Daniel Phillip Havens and Timothy Paul Havens and wife, Kristen, sister, Kay Havens-Kuziu and husband, Sean, brothers, Greg Havens and wife, Ruth, Gary Havens and wife, Libby and Douglas Haven and wife, Lisa, multiple nieces and nephews and one grandchild Carter. Phillip (Brion) Havens started his engineering career at Western electric in 1980 as Lead Engineer in telecommunications hardware. In 1983 he graduated from Louisiana Tech University with both BSEE and MSEE degrees.
After that Phillip worked for three years at Itec Inc. followed by ten years at ITT Cortelco. In 1996 he joined Teccor progressing from regional sales manager to technical product management engineer to principal engineer – standards & applications and in 2001 was made a senior member technical staff. Teccor was acquired by in 2003 by Littelfuse, Inc. Recognizing Phillip’s telecommunications knowledge and standards expertise he became the Global Standards & Applications Manager for Littelfuse.
While working for Teccor and Littelfuse he created numerous magazine articles and application reports. Phillips standards contributions were prodigious in the areas of electronical safety and circuit-protection. He was actively involved in telecom-related standards development in national and international organisations such as the ITU, TIA, Telcordia, ATIS, IEC, IEEE, PEG and UL (UL497/60950-1/62368-1 STPs).
Often, he would be a group leader, notable positions being ATIS STEP NEP Committee Chair, TIA TR41. 9 Committee Chair, IEC 37B Maintenance team #2 leader, ATIS PEG board member, ITU SG5 Q2 Rapporteur and SG5 Vice-Chairman. He was a licenced PE since 1984 and a senior member of the IEEE.
This is how his co-workers remember him: “Phil, we will miss you so much, and there simply are no words to express what you meant to so many people. Your passing has left us in great sorrow, and the void you leave in our hearts and community can never be filled. You always had kind words and your friendship for almost 25 years will never be forgotten by me or my family.
Your everlasting and deep faith to God and your family were a shining example of what Jesus teaches us. Regardless of faith you loved everyone with an open heart. Jo, Paul and Daniel, you had the greatest husband and father I could imagine and everyday I looked up to Phil and strived to obtain his faith and temperament and love for life.
His laugh was contagious, and his talents boundless. I most enjoyed my time with Phil outside of meetings where he loved his good food and a good glass of wine and exploring the wonders of the cities that God provided for us. And most of all his caring and love for others will be missed by all of us.
Rest in peace my friend! ! !
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