Eugene John Luippold ’32

Gene died Aug. 22, 2003.

He prepared at Stevens Prep. At Princeton he was on the rifle team and freshman crew, and was a member of Whig-Clio and the Gateway Club. He graduated from Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons and began practicing medicine in Mountain Lakes, N.J., in 1937.

Gene served in the Army during WWII as a surgeon in the Normandy area, arriving at Omaha Beach three days after the invasion. He remained in Europe, operating out of a mobile hospital, for the rest of the war. Afterward he returned to his practice in Mountain Lakes until 1968, when he moved to Vero Beach, Fla., maintaining a practice there until 1981.

After retirement Gene was a volunteer doctor with VNA Hospice. He was a member of the American College of Allergists and related organizations, and was a past president of the N.J. Allergy Society. An avid sportsman, Gene stayed active his entire life.

Gene married the former Erna Eyet, who predeceased him. He is survived by his sister, Helen Reed; three daughters, Michelle Stocker, Beth Luippold, and Elissa Allison; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his beloved friend and companion, Mary Nowak, to all of whom the class sends its condolences.

The Class of 1932