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1944
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2017
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Arthur Lipman Obituary
Arthur (Art) G. Lipman passed away peacefully at his home on April 23, 2017 after battling myelofibrosis. Art often said that he lived a long, happy, and satisfied life. He was born on August 4, 1944 to Coleman and Ethel Lipman in New Bedford, MA, where he grew up working in his family's pharmacy. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island with an undergraduate degree in pharmacy and went on to receive his PharmD from the University of Michigan. Art passionately believed that everyone should serve their country in some way, and he served in the United States Public Health Service as a Director of Pharmacy on the Navajo Reservation from 1968-1971, ultimately attaining the rank of Captain after several reactivations.
After serving on the faculty of Yale University, he came to Salt Lake City to found the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah, where he worked tirelessly for the remainder of his career in palliative care and chronic pain treatment. He was Professor Emeritus of Pharmacotherapy and Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Utah, and held the position of Director of Clinical Pharmacology at the University's Pain Management Center for 29 years. In addition to his many other accomplishments, Art was the founding editor of the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. He published six books, over 250 articles, chapters and monographs, over 300 reviews and editorials, and made over 600 invited presentations at national and international meetings. He served on the federal Acute and Cancer Pain Management Guidelines Panels, was President of Cancer Pain Relief-Utah, served on the Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives, and was a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health as well as many other federal agencies. Art was also a visiting professor and guest lecturer at many institutions world-wide, including the University of Oxford and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for which he had a special affinity.
Art was a lifelong Scouter, dedicating over 50 years of service to the Boy Scouts of America. The proud scoutmaster of Troop 351, his goofy humor and dedication to the teens fostered an atmosphere of learning and exploration. Nothing pleased Art more than the moment when a scout discovered a new skill. He served in many leadership capacities in scouting, including District Chairman and Assistant Council Commissioner in the Great Salt Lake Council and on the National Jewish Committee and National Community Relationships Committee. He was also elected as the founding Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Forum of Jewish Scouts. Art was inducted as a Nachshon Fellow for outstanding service to International Jewish Scouts and next month will be posthumously honored with the prestigious Silver Antelope award for his years of service.
Art prized his family above all. He is survived by his son Joshua Lipman, daughter Sarah Mulhern (William Friedman), granddaughter Eliana Mulhern-Friedman (whom he insisted is the most inquisitive baby he ever knew), and his sister Joan Florsheim (Shelby). Art considered his children to be his greatest accomplishment. An avid skier and traveler, he explored the world with his family and friends. He loved and was loved in return by his Jewish community, colleagues, fellow scouters, and family.
Services will be held on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10 am at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Chabad Lubavitch of Utah (1760 S 1100 East, SLC, UT, 84105, http://bit.ly/2psdr10), National Jewish Committee on Scouting, (c/o Jeanne Tillman, National Jewish Committee on Scouting, PO Box 152079, Irving, TX 75015-2079), or Huntsman Cancer Foundation (designate for Huntsman Hospital), (500 Huntsman Way, SLC, UT 84108, huntsmancancer.org). The family would like to extend their gratitude to the excellent doctors and staff at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital for their care.
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Dr Robert W Buckingham
April 19, 2024
I miss you my dear friend. Your memory is a blessing to me. Ya aah tey sitkis.
Robert W Buckingham
March 20, 2023
Art was a great guy. Always with a sense of humor and a friendly smile. I love working in palliative care with him and we both enjoy our work with the Navajo nation.
RIP my dear colleague
Dr Robert W Buckingham
Dr Robert Buckingham
April 20, 2020
I miss you my dear friend. I especially miss speaking Navajo with you. May your family find peace and acceptance in this difficult time.
Dr Douglas Gourlay
April 19, 2020
when I find myself smiling, when discussing something in the pharmacology realm with a colleague, I am often thinking of some short quip from Arthur.... rarely complete... never without need for more discussion... and hardly ever have that time necessary. Quite a character. Quiet a scientist.... please rest in piece....
Doug
Dr Robert Buckingham
May 14, 2019
Ya"ah" ooh" tay my dear and treasured friend. I will see you soon again.
Doug Gourlay
March 4, 2018
rest easy, Art. rest easy
Sally Riddle
August 15, 2017
I have just belatedly learned of Art's death. So sorry. I worked with Art when he consulted on pain management issues with companies I worked with. He always added to the conversations in a positive way, and always had me laughing at "after hours" gatherings.
Greg Gousse
July 28, 2017
Art was a preceptor of mine at the Yale New Haven Hospital Pharmacy Department in 1971 and a colleague thereafter. He was one of the brightest people (pharmacist or otherwise) I've known and a tireless human being. You had to remain sharp at all times to keep up with him. He could accomplish more in a day than most people could in two. In subsequent years, I enjoyed seeing him at meetings or when skiing in the Salt Lake City area. He was a forward thinking, patient centered professional. He had an enormous impact on our profession and those he taught/mentored and will be missed greatly.
Douglas Gourlay
May 24, 2017
I was an academic colleague. I met Art at one of many advisory boards we were a part of. I remember 'fixing' his cell phone while we were at the world congress of pain in Sydney, Australia. To say he was a character was to see Art short. He was an exceptionally clever man with a commitment to academics and the art and science of pain management.
He will be missed.
John Coleman
May 10, 2017
I've known Art for almost twenty years and during that time had the pleasure of working with him and learning from him. When you read someone's obituary, as in this instance, and you see things you didn't know about the person but are genuinely and positively impressed nonetheless, it provides the rationale for why you liked the person and thought so highly of him or her. That surely is the case here. Art had a marvelous sense of humor as well as a brilliant mind. We are truly blessed by having crossed life's paths with this extraordinary teacher and friend. May he rest in peace.
David Anderson
May 7, 2017
I worked with Art at the Tuba City AZ Indian Hospital 1968-70. After all these years my overriding memory is of Art's enthusiasm. He was a real boon to the Pharmacy program at this small, rural hospital with its outpatient clinic and field health program. We two city boys from the East and West Coasts became friends in that Pharmacy.
Aidan Derrico
April 28, 2017
As the current production editor of the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, I have had the pleasure of working with Art since 2015. It was obvious to me from our first interaction that he was passionate about the content we publish in the journal, and he will have left a large void in his field. I was unaware of his illness and was caught unawares by his passing. I will miss working with him. I offer my heartfelt condolences to Art's family, friends, and colleagues at this difficult time.
Lisa Wylie
April 28, 2017
I met Art when I joined the BSA Membership Team for the Western Region. He reached out to welcome me and for that I will always thank him. I admired his dedication to the program and his drive to ensure that youth have the opportunity to join Scouts.
He always greeted me with an energetic smile and a warm hug. Art loved life and wanted everyone else to live life with passion and purpose. He set forth a great example.
Marty Freimer
April 27, 2017
Art sat next to me, in the same place in the chair to my right in the Chabad Shul almost every Shabbat for the last few years. ( whenever he was in town.)
He was as we used to say a "charactah". Art was known for calling out the "correct" page for the Torah reading in the "Blue Book". ( The Stone Chumash) He made us laugh and he made us think.
I am afraid sometime during the reading, that we talked a bit too much and too loudly. If he saw something in the Torah reading that interested him, ( in the "Blue Book" of course), he would point it out to me.... Right away. :)
I enjoyed hearing his views about the latest in Opioid research and public policy. And his travels. And the pain journal which he founded and edited.
He always had something insightful to say about the state of the world in general and the Jewish community in particular. He was proud of his Jewish values and it was clear that they informed how he acted in his profession and his personal life outside the shul.
What it all came down to was that Art had a large heart for people. He would reminisce fondly about former and current
students and post docs, colleagues and his mentors.
What I remember most of all is Art bursting with with pride relating
the latest news about his son Josh or his daughter Sarah.
My heart goes out to them and the rest of his family. May Hashem bring them comfort "among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."
The seat at my right will not be the same this week. I will sorely miss my friend Art Lipman.
Colorado Springs, 1960
Richard Leary
April 27, 2017
Arthur and I and a number of scouts from the New Bedford area joined with a larger Cape Cod contingent to attend the 1960 Boy Scout Jamboree in Colorado Springs. A fabulous and most memorable experience. In the Jamboree photo, Arthur is the fifth from the left in the top row. I salute him for continuing with Scouting and giving so much back to it. I am so sorry for your loss.
1960 Jamboree, Colorado- Arthur Lipman, top row, 5th from right
Richard Leary
April 27, 2017
Tami Dangerfield
April 27, 2017
I will miss him breezing into the Pain Management Center to joke with each one of us before imparting some knowledge upon us. RIP
Linda Tyler
April 26, 2017
Art made a difference for all he came in contact with. He always had a smile and quick quip. He made a difference for the many colleagues that he mentored. For me, he was instrumental in my choosing drug information as a practice area and was supportive when there were few role models in the discipline. He will be greatly missed.
Bill Puckett
April 26, 2017
Art and I were on many pharmacy programs together, and I learned so much from him. He was a guiding light for all in pain management and palliative care. I enjoyed his fresh personality and patient advocacy. Art, we lost you too soon.
Eileen Csontos
April 26, 2017
There will be a definite void to the weekly pain research lectures. Art always had a vignette (often quite long), a memory of an old-time friend or fellow researcher, or some sort of wise (often funny) tidbit to add to the conversation. I will miss his biting humor, amazing memory, and attention to detail.
He was an incredible proponent to safe and effective pain treatment. Hope you were not in pain, rest in peace...
April 26, 2017
I met Art in Tuba City where we both served in the Public Health Service. It was my first exposure to Pharm Ds and I found Art very helpful as we rounded on patients together. I knew that he was destined for a noteworthy career but did not anticipate such a decorated career. He was a wonderful person then and I see that he continued that throughout his life. I wish to extend my condolences to his family and say that I am sorry he is no longer with us. He will be missed by all.
Sincerely,
Richard L Winslow, MD
Jane Fujinami
April 26, 2017
Art always had a welcoming smile to greet me when I helped him many times with his computers and electronics. I am sad for your loss. Jane Fujinami, College of Pharmacy Computer Technician.
Richard S Feldman
April 26, 2017
May Hashem bless you forever.
I will always be eternally grateful for your friendship.
Turid Lipman
April 26, 2017
Turid Lipman regrets that she is unable to attend Art's funeral. She sends her heartfelt condolences to Art's family.
Laura Shane-McWhorter
April 26, 2017
Art was a wise and caring mentor. He saw the best in us and also expected us to strive for and achieve our greatest potential. His sense of humor and dry wit were extraordinary. He is a great loss to us all but we will retain our happy memories of him. Peace and love to his family and all of us whose lives were touched by him.
Trish Orlando
April 26, 2017
So very sorry to hear of your dad's passing. Art played an important role in the lives of many pharmacists, students & patients while being a pillar within the profession of pharmacy. We will miss his passion for practice and research as well as his wit, humor and historical presence. Extending my deepest sympathy and wishing you peace.
April 25, 2017
How many times, after the pun that made you groan, came the incisive comment that you walked away remembering? How much we will miss this, among all his other wonderful qualities! How much we owe him, and how much harder it will be now, not to be able to turn to his corner of the table and ask the Encyclopedia Lipmanica.
Gary Donaldson
Gina Oderda
April 25, 2017
I was so sad to hear of Art's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you, Josh and Sarah.
Jeff Jellin
April 25, 2017
Art was so gracious with his time and expertise, giving us sage advice at Pharmacist's Letter and Prescriber's Letter over the last 30 years. His pharmacologic expertise is out shined only by his wonderful and caring personality. We will miss you, Art, and remember you fondly always.
Sharon Weinstein
April 25, 2017
My sincere condolences to the family.
Art will always be remembered as a true advocate for patients in pain, doing the right thing, and bringing humor to our daily lives.
With gratitude for everything he taught us and did especially to advance the science of pain medicine.
Sharon M Weinstein MD, FAAHPM
Cliff Hynniman
April 25, 2017
Art and I served on the ASHP Board together, and enjoyed breaking bread at many professional gatherings. His quick wit and unabashed desire to tell that tired old joke again is most memorable. When it came to serious matters there was no better thinker. My sincere sympathy.
Laurie Goldberg
April 25, 2017
A friend and colleague from the UK for over 35 years. I treasure the time we spent together. Saddened to hear the sad news.
Ashok Tuteja
April 25, 2017
Art was a brilliant colleague and a mentor. He was a positive person who had practical answers to all my questions. He motivated me to work on pain/opioids; which I successfully continued. I will miss his wisdom and friendship!
April 25, 2017
Art Lipman was an amazing colleague--passionate, dedicated, accomplished, in his profession and community activities. Sincere condolences to his family.
Marianne Ivey
April 25, 2017
I'm very sorry for your great loss. May your faith and treasured memories bring you comfort.
Perry Fine
April 25, 2017
Art inspired me to pursue a career in Hospice---a gift that keeps on giving! His was a well-lived life, always entering the room with a smile.
Chip & Sandy Turner
April 24, 2017
Sandy and I send our heartfelt sympathy to all of Art's family. He was a wonderful person who brought joy to so many people, including us.
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