He attended Okemos High School, University of Wisconsin-Madison (with a B.S., in Computer Science [1988]) and Michigan State University (Masters of Science in Computer Science [1992]). During this period, he spent one summer at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago and two summers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico working on the Human Genome Project.
After he was diagnosed with Bipolar Disease, he had several short career experiences.
He is survived by his parents, Beverly Kay and James Edward Trosko, Aunt Barbara (Richard) Walker and Uncle Gerald (Anita) Dowell of Battle Creek, Michigan. He is also survived by cousins- Jeffery (Carolyn) Walker; Stephen (Christine) Walker; Melinda (Martin) Berg; Karen(Mathew) Domsic; David (Jill) Dowell; Connie (Peyton) Owston; Beverly (William) Weideman; and Larry (Kathy) Trosko.
Phil had many local, national and international friends. He was characterized as a “social magnet” and had great compassion for suffering children and for all kinds of wild critters.
Sharing of Memories will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9 followed by visitation until 4:30 p.m. at Gorsline Runciman East Chapel, 1730 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing 48823. Following the visitation, the family would like to invite everyone to a banquet at Dusty's Cellar (Bordeaux Room), 1839 W Grand River Ave., Okemos, MI 48864.
In lieu of flowers, for those who wish to make a donation, Philip would have preferred the Greater Lansing Food Bank to help hungry children or the Red Cross.
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