Dr. Marie Lipsett, 95, formerly of Bethesda, died on January 7, 2015 at the Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia after a brief illness. She had been a resident of Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD for over 20 years.
Born Marie Nieft in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Edward Nieft and Louise Pundt Nieft and the sister of the late Rosalie Nieft Castleberry.
Dr. Lipsett graduated from Northwestern University and received a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Southern California in 1948. She married Dr. Mortimer Lipsett the same year.
After serving as an Assistant Professor at USC she worked at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York before moving to Bethesda with her husband in 1957 where they were among the first married couples to work at the National Institutes of Health. They divorced in 1973. She was married to Walter Deemer from 1980 until his death in 1993.
Dr. Lipsett was a research biochemist at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases until her retirement in 1982. Her research concerned nucleic acids, thionucleotide chemistry, and enzymology.
During retirement she volunteered at the Smithsonian Institutes where she applied her knowledge of chemistry to art restoration. At Charlestown she was active in many volunteer activities including as co-chair of the Library Committee, treasurer of the Chapel Concert Committee, Resident Council member, and as a student tutor of mathematics.
Born Marie Nieft in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Edward Nieft and Louise Pundt Nieft and the sister of the late Rosalie Nieft Castleberry.
Dr. Lipsett graduated from Northwestern University and received a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Southern California in 1948. She married Dr. Mortimer Lipsett the same year.
After serving as an Assistant Professor at USC she worked at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York before moving to Bethesda with her husband in 1957 where they were among the first married couples to work at the National Institutes of Health. They divorced in 1973. She was married to Walter Deemer from 1980 until his death in 1993.
Dr. Lipsett was a research biochemist at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases until her retirement in 1982. Her research concerned nucleic acids, thionucleotide chemistry, and enzymology.
During retirement she volunteered at the Smithsonian Institutes where she applied her knowledge of chemistry to art restoration. At Charlestown she was active in many volunteer activities including as co-chair of the Library Committee, treasurer of the Chapel Concert Committee, Resident Council member, and as a student tutor of mathematics.
Dr. Marie Lipsett, 95, formerly of Bethesda, died on January 7, 2015 at the Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia after a brief illness. She had been a resident of Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD for over 20 years.
Born Marie Nieft in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Edward Nieft and Louise Pundt Nieft and the sister of the late Rosalie Nieft Castleberry.
Dr. Lipsett graduated from Northwestern University and received a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Southern California in 1948. She married Dr. Mortimer Lipsett the same year.
After serving as an Assistant Professor at USC she worked at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York before moving to Bethesda with her husband in 1957 where they were among the first married couples to work at the National Institutes of Health. They divorced in 1973. She was married to Walter Deemer from 1980 until his death in 1993.
Dr. Lipsett was a research biochemist at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases until her retirement in 1982. Her research concerned nucleic acids, thionucleotide chemistry, and enzymology.
During retirement she volunteered at the Smithsonian Institutes where she applied her knowledge of chemistry to art restoration. At Charlestown she was active in many volunteer activities including as co-chair of the Library Committee, treasurer of the Chapel Concert Committee, Resident Council member, and as a student tutor of mathematics.
Born Marie Nieft in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Edward Nieft and Louise Pundt Nieft and the sister of the late Rosalie Nieft Castleberry.
Dr. Lipsett graduated from Northwestern University and received a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Southern California in 1948. She married Dr. Mortimer Lipsett the same year.
After serving as an Assistant Professor at USC she worked at Sloan Kettering Institute in New York before moving to Bethesda with her husband in 1957 where they were among the first married couples to work at the National Institutes of Health. They divorced in 1973. She was married to Walter Deemer from 1980 until his death in 1993.
Dr. Lipsett was a research biochemist at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases until her retirement in 1982. Her research concerned nucleic acids, thionucleotide chemistry, and enzymology.
During retirement she volunteered at the Smithsonian Institutes where she applied her knowledge of chemistry to art restoration. At Charlestown she was active in many volunteer activities including as co-chair of the Library Committee, treasurer of the Chapel Concert Committee, Resident Council member, and as a student tutor of mathematics.
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