Background
Lipsey, Plautus Iberus was born on September 27, 1893 in Mufreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Plautus Iberus and Julia Toy (Johnson) Lipsey.
Lipsey, Plautus Iberus was born on September 27, 1893 in Mufreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Plautus Iberus and Julia Toy (Johnson) Lipsey.
Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1913. Graduate study, Columbia, 1924, Baylor University, 1924-1925. Master of Arts, University of Alabama, 1951.
Was chief of bureau, Associate Press, Memphis, 1926-1927. Member of staff Associated Press, London, 1927-1929, correspondent and chief of bureau, Geneva, Switzerland, 1929-1933. Congressional correspondent Universal Service, Washington, District of Columbia, 1934.
Foreign editor Universal Service, New York City, 1934-1935.
Head of Journalism Department and director of publicity, Stetson University, De Land, Florida, 1935-1940. Special news correspondent in Southeast Europe, summer, 1940.
Public relations director, Tolan Committee, Congress, Washington, 1941. Assistant coordinator of international broadcasting, New York City, 1942.
Supervisor of shortwave news broadcasts to Latin America from National Broadcasting Company, New York City, for Coordinator Inter-American Affairs.
Later chief of Radio News, C.I.A.A., New York City. Then director United States Information Office, Santiago, Chile. Lecturer in history Mississippi College, 1951-1957, professor of history, 1957-1964. professor emeritus, 1964-1970. research in Far East, 1959, Near East, 1960.
Lieutenant infantry, United States Army, 1917-1920.
Home: Clinton Master of Science.
Member of staff Associated Press, London, 1927-1929, correspondent
Married Sue Price, June 14, 1927. Children: Jeannie Howe, Ann Crawford and Laura Kate.