William F. Lipp ’32

Bill Lipp died May 14, 1996, in the Episcopal Church Home in Buffalo, N.Y.

Upon obtaining his medical degree at the U. of Buffalo, Bill practiced gastroenterology at Buffalo General Hospital and had a private practice until he retired in June 1982. He served on the faculty of the UB Medical School, becoming clinical professor of medicine in 1972, and retiring in 1985. He chaired the Medical School's admissions committee and post graduate department, helped establish the first hospital utilization review committee in western New York, and was its first chairman. He was elected president of the medical staff at Buffalo General Hospital for two terms, and served as a consulting physician there from 1975-83. He coauthored 33 medical and scientific papers for professional journals, and collaborated on chapters for various medical encyclopedias.

Also active in community affairs, Bill was a trustee of Nichols School for 15 years and Buffalo Seminary for three years, and a longtime member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Bill was the widower of Anne R. Wheeler, who died in 1976, and Geraldine Kenny, who died in 1986. He is survived by four daughters, Louisa Nunan, Evelyn Harman, Anne Frank, and Amy Bellino, 10 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. With them the class is proud to have shared in Bill's useful and productive life.

The Class of 1932