Background
Lipton, Leah was born on March 22, 1928 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Abraham and Rose (Berman) Shneyer.
educator museum curator art historian
Lipton, Leah was born on March 22, 1928 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Abraham and Rose (Berman) Shneyer.
Bachelor, Douglass College Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1949; Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1970-1973; postgraduate, Wellesley College, 1970-1973.
Photo, library researcher, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, 1950-1953;
lecturer, division education, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, 1965-1970;
instructor, Boston College, 1968-1969;
faculty, full professor, Framingham State College, Massachusetts, 1969-1994;
retired, 1994;
interim director, Danforth Museum Art, 1994-1995, 98-. Member board of trustees Danforth Museum Art, Framingham Massachusetts, since 1975. CuratorAm. art Danforth Museum Art, Framingham Massachusetts, since 1994.
Chair exhibitions Committee. Collections Committee Danforth Museum, Framingham Massachusetts, 1988, guestcurator National Portrait, Washington, 1985.
Co-founder Danforth Museum Art., Framingham, Massachusetts 1973-1975, interim director, 1994-1995, 98-99, trustee, 1975-2002, curator American art, 1994-1999, member collections committee, 1988-2002. Member College Art Association, American Studies Association.
Married Herbert Lipton, Sep. 19, 1951 (deceased 1979). Children: David, Ivan, Rachel.