Background
Kipping, Vernon Louis was born on October 19, 1921 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. Son of Theodore Frederick and Augusta (Meyer) Kipping.
marine scientist film consultant
Kipping, Vernon Louis was born on October 19, 1921 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. Son of Theodore Frederick and Augusta (Meyer) Kipping.
Student, Southeast Missouri State University, 1941. Associate of Arts, Multnomah College, 1948. Juris Doctor, University San Francisco, 1951.
Fingerprint examiner, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 1941-1943; with radio communications, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Portland, Oregon, 1943-1944; special employee, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Portland, 1946-1948; special employee, San Francisco, 1948-1971, 72-76; special employee, Chicago, 1971-1972; freelance film consultant, San Francisco, 1976-1994. Testified as expert witness Patricia Hearst trial.
Member San Francisco Neighborhood Library. Council, 1989-1991; member of advisory county television School Napa Valley College, 1990-1994. Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Motion Picture and television Engineers (program chairman 1977-1979, manager 1979-1981, membership chairman 1981-1985, special events chairman 1985-1988, secretary-treasurer 1988-1990, chairman 1990-1992, program chair 1994, education committee 1990-1994, past audiovisual conference chairman, Citation for Outstanding Svc.
1986), Silicon Valley Engineering Council, Northern California Imperial Owners Club (vice president 1979-1983, president 1983-1987).
Married Anna Ruth Uelsmann, March 26, 1944. Children: Theodore Paul, John Louis, Douglas Kim.