Background
Lipetz, Leo E. was born on August 10, 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Elijah Y. and Ruth D. (Leavitt) Lipetz.
Lipetz, Leo E. was born on August 10, 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Elijah Y. and Ruth D. (Leavitt) Lipetz.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, 1953.
Junior engineer, United States Signal Corps, Baltimore, 1942-1943; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, New York City, 1943-1946; from instructor to professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1954-1988; professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1989. Member commission on vision National Research Council, Washington, 1962-1969, member biophysics science training committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1968-1970. Department chairman biophysics Ohio StateU., Columbus, 1965-1976.
Treasurer Columbus Art League, since 1989. Member Biophysics Society (founder 1958, chairman 17th annual meeting 1973, director placement service since 1975), Society for Neurosci. (chartered), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Married Dorothea Ogulnick, July 4, 1947. Children: Philip David, Timothy Joseph, Robert Eugene.