Philip James Rutledge (October 15, 1925 – January 26, 2007) was a senior administrator during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, and past President of the American Society for Public Administration, Rutledge was a professor of public and environmental affairs and political science at Indiana University Northwest,[1] and he also was chair of the Department of Public Administration at Howard University.
Rutledge was born October 15, 1925, in Dawson, Georgia.
He received s bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and a master's of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. In 1980, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Indiana University Bloomington.[2]
He died on January 26, 2007.