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Obituaries

In Memoriam

Marianne B. Kipper

by Nina Notman, special to C&EN
February 2, 2024

 

Marianne B. Kipper.
Credit: Courtesy of Merrimac Penman
Marianne B. Kipper

Marianne B. Kipper, 84, of Woody Creek, Colorado, died Dec. 14, 2023.

“Born in New York City, Marianne received her undergraduate education at Chatham College and her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction of Nobel laureate Melvin Calvin. Following her PhD on photosynthesis, she worked at the University of California, Los Angeles, first as a postdoctoral researcher and then as a research chemist for 25 years, doing X-ray crystallography. Following retirement, she had a 20-year philanthropic relationship with the American Cancer Society. She and her husband Dick traveled to every continent, and both were avid hikers. Marianne was an expert bridge player.”—Gordon W. Gribble, friend

Most recent title: Research chemist, University of California, Los Angeles

Education: BS, chemistry, Chatham College, 1961; PhD, organic chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1967

Survivors: Husband, Richard Kipper; children, John Caple and Merrimac Penman; stepson, Gregory Kipper

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