SALISBURY - Phillip W. Slacum, 84, of Salisbury, died April 23, 2015, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Lakesville, Md., he was a son of the late Bessie and Emerson Slacum. He is survived by his former wife and mother of his daughters, Jean F. Slacum of Salisbury; his daughters, Karen Hollands of Plano, Texas, and Linda Slacum of Salisbury. He is also survived by three grandchildren; one great-granddaughter, a niece and a nephew. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and was stationed at the European Headquarters in Germany during the Korean War. He received a bachelor's of science degree from Salisbury Teacher's College, now Salisbury University, and a master's from Appalachian State University,. For several years, he taught and coached soccer, basketball and baseball at Pocomoke High School. He moved to Delaware when he became an administrator, living in both Selbyville and Millsboro. He was the last Superintendent of the Selbyville School District before district consolidation, as well as the first Assistant Superintendent of the newly created Indian River School District. Almost daily, he could be found at Jack Stanley's Red Door Sub Shop, where he was known as "Dr. Phil." He was an inaugural inductee of the Salisbury University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985. Services were held on Monday, April 27, 2015, at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury.