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Lipman Establishes Scholarship in Honor of his Father

The Earl S. Lipman Scholarship provides
support for MSM M.D. students

atients put out their best hand towels when
Dr. Earl S. Lipman was making a house call.

P He wore his finest suit and tie from Hick-
ey-Freeman and carried a black leather doctor’s bag.
His young son, John, was sometimes by his side.
John loved to watch his father work as a solo inter-
nist in Rochester, New York — the special care the
doctor took to listen to and diagnose his patients, and
the way the patients responded with appreciation and
respect. John’s home brimmed with their baked goods
during the holidays. Dr. John C. Lipman (L) and his father Dr. Earl S. Lip-

Dr. Earl Lipman was even written up in the New man R) at John’s medical school graduation.
York Times. When other doctors were unable to training, mentoring, volunteering with, and support-
determine the cause of a woman’s illness, he quick- ing the next generation of healthcare professionals at
ly deduced that she had developed a tapeworm after Morehouse School of Medicine.
ingesting raw gefilte fish. John still has the newspaper
clipping. During the last 15 years, John has
worked as a volunteer staff member at
“There was an incredible kind of MSM, giving talks and hosting students
bond and relationship he had with at his independent practice. In 2019
his patients. They revered him and he he and his wife, Jayne, created the Dr.
loved them,” John says now. “He was Earl S. Lipman Endowed Scholarship
a role model for so many people in at Morehouse School of Medicine and
medicine.” have given a significant amount to the
John was chief among them. He went on to follow institution.
in his father’s footsteps in more ways than one. After The Lipmans support MSM because they believe in
studying at the University of Rochester, Georgetown its mission, and its goal of educating and graduating
University, Harvard University, and Yale University, diverse doctors who will bring primary care to those
“ My dad typifies the ultimate primary care and Morehouse School of Medicine turns out the best
John became a successful interventional radiologist in
who need it most — just like John’s father did.
Atlanta. And he carried forward his father’s legacy by
“My dad typifies the ultimate primary care physician,

and the brightest,” John says. “If we can turn out more
physician, and Morehouse School of Medicine
people like him, that’s what we need to do.”
turns out the best and the brightest. If we can
The Dr. Earl S. Lipman Endowed Scholarship was
awarded for the first time in 2019-20 to M.D. student
turn out more people like him, that’s what we
need to do.
Atsou C. Klougan. He is currently a Internal Medicine
Resident at the University of Miami /JFK Medical
John C. Lipman, M.D. on his establishment of the
Earl S. Lipman Endowment and why he supports MSM
Center.