Edward Lipp

LIPP

EDWARD LIPP Intelligence Analyst, Editor, WWII Veteran

Edward Lipp, age 96, died June 27, 2022. He was a resident of The Village at Rockville since 2011. Previously, he lived for 49 years in the Tauxemont community in Fairfax County, and in the Washington area since 1951.

Mr. Lipp lost his parents at an early age and grew up in an orphanage (Girard College) in his native Philadelphia. He held degrees in Business and Economics from Temple University (where his future wife was a classmate) a Master's degree from University of Pennsylvania, and took doctoral classes at Harvard University. He was also a graduate of the Air War College in Montgomery, AL.

A WWII veteran, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in the Army during the Battle of the Bulge.

Mr. Lipp served in a civilian capacity for 30 years as a military intelligence analyst, first with the Air Force and then with the Defense Intelligence Agency. For several years he provided intelligence support to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). He retired from the DIA in 1980 as Branch Chief.

For the next decade, he served as a technical editor at ANSER in Arlington. Following his second retirement, he did editorial consulting for several scholarly organizations in the Washington area.

Mr. Lipp's wife of 63 years, Muriel Steffy Lipp, predeceased him in 2017. He is survived by his three daughters: Ellen Kinsella (Kevin Kinsella) of Millersville, MD; Kathryn Lipp-Farr (Robert Farr) of Arlington, VA; and Anne Lipp (Christine Schubert) of Silver Spring, MD. He is also survived by five grandchildren: Ryan Kinsella (Laura Kinsella) of West Chester, PA; Jacqueline Kinsella Houston (Sam Houston) of Glenwood, MD; Lawrence Kinsella of Washington, DC; Nicholas Farr of Arlington, VA; and Kathryn Farr of Baltimore, MD. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren. A son, Edmund Lipp, died in 1982.

A memorial service will be held at a date to be announced in the future. Memorial donations may be made to either girardcollege.edu or seekerschurch.org.