Born to Sheila and Tom Phipps, a boy and a girl, Robert Mara Phipps and Julia Stetson Phipps at 235 pm at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Robert was 4 lbs 15.5 oz and 18.5 inches long and Julia was 5lbs, 2.6 oz and 17.75 inches long. Tom is the brother of Jim Phipps and the son of summer resident Geraldine Phipps.