Career
They sold their majority ownership in 1981, though they retained a minority stake in the team, under Louise Nippert"s name, until her 2012 death. Nippert supported the arts One of the wealthiest persons in Cincinnati, she donated $85 million in 2009 to help maintain Cincinnati"s orchestra.
She also sponsored the University of Cincinnati"s Conservatory of Music.
A classically trained singer, Nippert was a soloist in Mahler"s Symphony Number. 4 while with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1957.
She also headed the Greenacres Foundation, a non-profit organization with the goal of " the land for the education and enjoyment of future generations."
She died at the age of 100 in Indian Hill, Ohio on July 23, 2012.
