Background
Lipton, Morris Abraham was born on December 27, 1915 in New York City. Son of Theodore and Rose (Latt) Lipschitz.
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Morris Abraham Lipton
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Bachelor of Science, City College New York, 1935. The Master of Philisophy, University Wisconsin, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1939.
Doctor of Medicine with high honors, University Chicago, 1948.
Career
Research assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1937-1939;
research fellow biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1939-1940;
research associate, instructor, University of Chicago, 1940-1941;
instructor department physiology, University of Chicago, 1941-1945;
senior research chemist, University of Chicago, 1941-1945;
research associate, instructor department medicine, University of Chicago, 1945-1946;
intern, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1948-1949;
resident and fellow in psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1949-1951;
part-time resident in medicine and instructor psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1951-1952;
instructor and resident in medicine, University of Chicago, 1952-1953;
assistant professor medicine and psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1953-1954;
assistant professor medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1954-1959;
chief investigative medicine service and chief psychosomatic service, Veterans Administration Research Hospital, Chicago, 1954-1956;
assistant director professional services for research, Veterans Administration Research Hospital, Chicago, 1956-1959;
research associate, Chicago Institute Psychoanalysis, 1954-1959;
visiting professor, U. Buenos Aires, 1958;
associate professor psychiatry and director research development, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1959-1963;
professor psychiatry and director research development, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963-1970;
department chairman psychiatry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1970-1973;
professor department biochemistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973-1986;
Kenan professor psychiatry and biochemistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963-1986;
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished professor of psychiatry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1986;
professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986-1989. Visiting scientist National Heart Institute, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1966. Director Biological Science Research Center U. North Carolina Child Development Research Institute, 1965-1986.
Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1965-1969, Food and Drug Administration, bureau of Drugs, from 1973, National Institute of Mental Health, from 1972, VA Medical Research Career Development Committee, from 1975. Sci.cons. North Carolina Alcoholism Research Authority, from 1974. Member North Carolina Multiuniversity Task Force on university-state department of mental health resources, needs and collaborative opportunities, from 1972.
Member North Carolina Foundation for Mental Health Research. Chairman National Advisory Committee on Hyperkinesis andFood Additives, from 1975. Member Presidential Commision on Obscenity and Pornography, 1968-1970, many others.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College Neuropsychopharmacology, American College Psychiatrists, American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association. Member American Association of University Professors, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Biological Chemists, American Psychosomatic Society, American Federation for Clinical Research, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Psychiatric Research, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, American Psychopath. Association, Society for Neurosci., American Association of Medical Colleges, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Barbara Steiner, December 28, 1940. Children– Judith Eve, Susan Victoria, David Mark.
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Resting place
Buried Chapel Hill -
Nationality
American