Concord Journal, The (MA) - Thursday, September 11, 2008
Deceased Name: Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade
Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade, 82, Holocaust survivor, courageous individualist, devoted wife and mother, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, in Concord.
A respected biochemist and college professor, she held patents in the United States, Europe and Japan on her process for the creation of "Linear Chitin," and was published in papers, abstracts and textbooks. Throughout her life, Maria broke barriers. She refused to let personal tragedies dampen her perseverance in life.
She was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1925. Beginning in 1938, her family was persecuted as "Jewish Half Breeds" under the Nazi regime. Her grandmother died in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. Her older brother Hans was decorated with the Iron Cross for service during German campaigns in Poland and France and then "dishonorably discharged" as a "Half Jew Soldier." He became a student organizer of the Hamburg branch of The White Rose, an underground Nazi resistance movement, was betrayed, arrested and ultimately executed in 1945.
When her father (Konrad Leipelt) died unexpectedly, she and her mother (Katarina Baron Leipelt) were sent to prison, where her mother subsequently committed suicide. Maria, accused of "High Treason," survived as a prisoner from 1943-45, spending one year in solitary confinement.
Liberated in 1945 by Patton's 9th Armored Division just three hours before her scheduled execution, she and other refugees were later trapped behind the Russian line. Using her incredible ingenuity (and highly desired cigarettes), she bribed rail workers to reconnect her car full of refugees to a train that then crossed over the line to American territory.
An accomplished linguist, she then became an interpreter for the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC, the precursor of the CIA) and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1945-46, before immigrating to the United States in 1946.
Married on Feb. 5, 1949, she was a devoted wife to Bill Bade, a Ph.D. theoretical physicist who contracted Cryptococcal Meningitis in 1975 resulting in significant health issues and handicaps that lasted until his death in 2005.
A remarkable student, Mrs. Bade completed her high school education in New Jersey and received her Bachelor of Science in physiology (1951) and Master of Science (1954) from the University of Nebraska. She gave birth to her only child in 1958 and went on to earn her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Yale University in 1960.
Mrs. Bade was an accomplished and recognized researcher in her field. Her life's work centered on understanding the properties of Chitin and Chitosan, a waste by-product from the harvesting of crustaceans, and the medical and industrial applications of these when purified to create natural, biodegradable polymers. Chitin and Chitosan are considered an abundant alternative bioresource and application research continues today.
She was an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University and M.I.T., a professor in the Biology Department at Boston College from 1967-1993, and recipient of the Boston College Faculty Research Fellowship 1984-85. She served as a guest lecturer and visiting professor around the world at institutions including Duke University Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Alexandria University (Egypt), The U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint (first female on chemistry department faculty), and the University of Western Ontario (Canada), and concluded her professional career as Visiting Scientist at M.I.T.
She was an avid outdoorswoman and individualist, often hiking and camping alone for weeks in the Colorado Rockies and later in New England. Denied admission to veterinary school in the 1950s because she was a woman, she maintained a lifelong love of animals. She carried on her family tradition of political activism in the United States, worked on many political campaigns and supported a plethora of political and environmental activist organizations.
Maria learned fine cooking from her mother, but it was her deprivation at the hands of the Nazis that fueled her love of great food. Cooking was a mainstay in her life and she created many wonderful meals for family and friends. She was a role model for working women, balancing the needs of her disabled husband and her son with her intense academic research and teaching. She was hosted over the years at a variety of dedications and events in Germany, memorializing her family and her brother's significant contributions to The White Rose and resistance to the Nazi Regime.
She was a Phi Beta Kappa and member of the American Society of Biological Chemists; American Physiological Society; American Chemical Society (50-year member); Sigma Xi; Society for Complex Carbohydrates; Fellow, American Institute of Chemists.
She lived with her husband in Lexington from 1964 to 1998 and then Barnstable Village through 2006.
Mrs. Bade is survived by her son, W. Christopher Bade, his wife, Faith, and three grandchildren, all of Concord.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
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occupation:biochemistry professor research-college
father:Conrad Leipelt-Germany
mother:Katarina Baron-Austro-Hungarian Empire
husband:William L Bade
Deceased Name: Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade
Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade, 82, Holocaust survivor, courageous individualist, devoted wife and mother, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, in Concord.
A respected biochemist and college professor, she held patents in the United States, Europe and Japan on her process for the creation of "Linear Chitin," and was published in papers, abstracts and textbooks. Throughout her life, Maria broke barriers. She refused to let personal tragedies dampen her perseverance in life.
She was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1925. Beginning in 1938, her family was persecuted as "Jewish Half Breeds" under the Nazi regime. Her grandmother died in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. Her older brother Hans was decorated with the Iron Cross for service during German campaigns in Poland and France and then "dishonorably discharged" as a "Half Jew Soldier." He became a student organizer of the Hamburg branch of The White Rose, an underground Nazi resistance movement, was betrayed, arrested and ultimately executed in 1945.
When her father (Konrad Leipelt) died unexpectedly, she and her mother (Katarina Baron Leipelt) were sent to prison, where her mother subsequently committed suicide. Maria, accused of "High Treason," survived as a prisoner from 1943-45, spending one year in solitary confinement.
Liberated in 1945 by Patton's 9th Armored Division just three hours before her scheduled execution, she and other refugees were later trapped behind the Russian line. Using her incredible ingenuity (and highly desired cigarettes), she bribed rail workers to reconnect her car full of refugees to a train that then crossed over the line to American territory.
An accomplished linguist, she then became an interpreter for the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC, the precursor of the CIA) and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1945-46, before immigrating to the United States in 1946.
Married on Feb. 5, 1949, she was a devoted wife to Bill Bade, a Ph.D. theoretical physicist who contracted Cryptococcal Meningitis in 1975 resulting in significant health issues and handicaps that lasted until his death in 2005.
A remarkable student, Mrs. Bade completed her high school education in New Jersey and received her Bachelor of Science in physiology (1951) and Master of Science (1954) from the University of Nebraska. She gave birth to her only child in 1958 and went on to earn her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Yale University in 1960.
Mrs. Bade was an accomplished and recognized researcher in her field. Her life's work centered on understanding the properties of Chitin and Chitosan, a waste by-product from the harvesting of crustaceans, and the medical and industrial applications of these when purified to create natural, biodegradable polymers. Chitin and Chitosan are considered an abundant alternative bioresource and application research continues today.
She was an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University and M.I.T., a professor in the Biology Department at Boston College from 1967-1993, and recipient of the Boston College Faculty Research Fellowship 1984-85. She served as a guest lecturer and visiting professor around the world at institutions including Duke University Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Alexandria University (Egypt), The U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint (first female on chemistry department faculty), and the University of Western Ontario (Canada), and concluded her professional career as Visiting Scientist at M.I.T.
She was an avid outdoorswoman and individualist, often hiking and camping alone for weeks in the Colorado Rockies and later in New England. Denied admission to veterinary school in the 1950s because she was a woman, she maintained a lifelong love of animals. She carried on her family tradition of political activism in the United States, worked on many political campaigns and supported a plethora of political and environmental activist organizations.
Maria learned fine cooking from her mother, but it was her deprivation at the hands of the Nazis that fueled her love of great food. Cooking was a mainstay in her life and she created many wonderful meals for family and friends. She was a role model for working women, balancing the needs of her disabled husband and her son with her intense academic research and teaching. She was hosted over the years at a variety of dedications and events in Germany, memorializing her family and her brother's significant contributions to The White Rose and resistance to the Nazi Regime.
She was a Phi Beta Kappa and member of the American Society of Biological Chemists; American Physiological Society; American Chemical Society (50-year member); Sigma Xi; Society for Complex Carbohydrates; Fellow, American Institute of Chemists.
She lived with her husband in Lexington from 1964 to 1998 and then Barnstable Village through 2006.
Mrs. Bade is survived by her son, W. Christopher Bade, his wife, Faith, and three grandchildren, all of Concord.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
*
occupation:biochemistry professor research-college
father:Conrad Leipelt-Germany
mother:Katarina Baron-Austro-Hungarian Empire
husband:William L Bade
Concord Journal, The (MA) - Thursday, September 11, 2008
Deceased Name: Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade
Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade, 82, Holocaust survivor, courageous individualist, devoted wife and mother, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, in Concord.
A respected biochemist and college professor, she held patents in the United States, Europe and Japan on her process for the creation of "Linear Chitin," and was published in papers, abstracts and textbooks. Throughout her life, Maria broke barriers. She refused to let personal tragedies dampen her perseverance in life.
She was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1925. Beginning in 1938, her family was persecuted as "Jewish Half Breeds" under the Nazi regime. Her grandmother died in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. Her older brother Hans was decorated with the Iron Cross for service during German campaigns in Poland and France and then "dishonorably discharged" as a "Half Jew Soldier." He became a student organizer of the Hamburg branch of The White Rose, an underground Nazi resistance movement, was betrayed, arrested and ultimately executed in 1945.
When her father (Konrad Leipelt) died unexpectedly, she and her mother (Katarina Baron Leipelt) were sent to prison, where her mother subsequently committed suicide. Maria, accused of "High Treason," survived as a prisoner from 1943-45, spending one year in solitary confinement.
Liberated in 1945 by Patton's 9th Armored Division just three hours before her scheduled execution, she and other refugees were later trapped behind the Russian line. Using her incredible ingenuity (and highly desired cigarettes), she bribed rail workers to reconnect her car full of refugees to a train that then crossed over the line to American territory.
An accomplished linguist, she then became an interpreter for the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC, the precursor of the CIA) and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1945-46, before immigrating to the United States in 1946.
Married on Feb. 5, 1949, she was a devoted wife to Bill Bade, a Ph.D. theoretical physicist who contracted Cryptococcal Meningitis in 1975 resulting in significant health issues and handicaps that lasted until his death in 2005.
A remarkable student, Mrs. Bade completed her high school education in New Jersey and received her Bachelor of Science in physiology (1951) and Master of Science (1954) from the University of Nebraska. She gave birth to her only child in 1958 and went on to earn her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Yale University in 1960.
Mrs. Bade was an accomplished and recognized researcher in her field. Her life's work centered on understanding the properties of Chitin and Chitosan, a waste by-product from the harvesting of crustaceans, and the medical and industrial applications of these when purified to create natural, biodegradable polymers. Chitin and Chitosan are considered an abundant alternative bioresource and application research continues today.
She was an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University and M.I.T., a professor in the Biology Department at Boston College from 1967-1993, and recipient of the Boston College Faculty Research Fellowship 1984-85. She served as a guest lecturer and visiting professor around the world at institutions including Duke University Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Alexandria University (Egypt), The U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint (first female on chemistry department faculty), and the University of Western Ontario (Canada), and concluded her professional career as Visiting Scientist at M.I.T.
She was an avid outdoorswoman and individualist, often hiking and camping alone for weeks in the Colorado Rockies and later in New England. Denied admission to veterinary school in the 1950s because she was a woman, she maintained a lifelong love of animals. She carried on her family tradition of political activism in the United States, worked on many political campaigns and supported a plethora of political and environmental activist organizations.
Maria learned fine cooking from her mother, but it was her deprivation at the hands of the Nazis that fueled her love of great food. Cooking was a mainstay in her life and she created many wonderful meals for family and friends. She was a role model for working women, balancing the needs of her disabled husband and her son with her intense academic research and teaching. She was hosted over the years at a variety of dedications and events in Germany, memorializing her family and her brother's significant contributions to The White Rose and resistance to the Nazi Regime.
She was a Phi Beta Kappa and member of the American Society of Biological Chemists; American Physiological Society; American Chemical Society (50-year member); Sigma Xi; Society for Complex Carbohydrates; Fellow, American Institute of Chemists.
She lived with her husband in Lexington from 1964 to 1998 and then Barnstable Village through 2006.
Mrs. Bade is survived by her son, W. Christopher Bade, his wife, Faith, and three grandchildren, all of Concord.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
*
occupation:biochemistry professor research-college
father:Conrad Leipelt-Germany
mother:Katarina Baron-Austro-Hungarian Empire
husband:William L Bade
Deceased Name: Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade
Dr. Maria Leipelt Bade, 82, Holocaust survivor, courageous individualist, devoted wife and mother, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, in Concord.
A respected biochemist and college professor, she held patents in the United States, Europe and Japan on her process for the creation of "Linear Chitin," and was published in papers, abstracts and textbooks. Throughout her life, Maria broke barriers. She refused to let personal tragedies dampen her perseverance in life.
She was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1925. Beginning in 1938, her family was persecuted as "Jewish Half Breeds" under the Nazi regime. Her grandmother died in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. Her older brother Hans was decorated with the Iron Cross for service during German campaigns in Poland and France and then "dishonorably discharged" as a "Half Jew Soldier." He became a student organizer of the Hamburg branch of The White Rose, an underground Nazi resistance movement, was betrayed, arrested and ultimately executed in 1945.
When her father (Konrad Leipelt) died unexpectedly, she and her mother (Katarina Baron Leipelt) were sent to prison, where her mother subsequently committed suicide. Maria, accused of "High Treason," survived as a prisoner from 1943-45, spending one year in solitary confinement.
Liberated in 1945 by Patton's 9th Armored Division just three hours before her scheduled execution, she and other refugees were later trapped behind the Russian line. Using her incredible ingenuity (and highly desired cigarettes), she bribed rail workers to reconnect her car full of refugees to a train that then crossed over the line to American territory.
An accomplished linguist, she then became an interpreter for the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC, the precursor of the CIA) and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1945-46, before immigrating to the United States in 1946.
Married on Feb. 5, 1949, she was a devoted wife to Bill Bade, a Ph.D. theoretical physicist who contracted Cryptococcal Meningitis in 1975 resulting in significant health issues and handicaps that lasted until his death in 2005.
A remarkable student, Mrs. Bade completed her high school education in New Jersey and received her Bachelor of Science in physiology (1951) and Master of Science (1954) from the University of Nebraska. She gave birth to her only child in 1958 and went on to earn her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Yale University in 1960.
Mrs. Bade was an accomplished and recognized researcher in her field. Her life's work centered on understanding the properties of Chitin and Chitosan, a waste by-product from the harvesting of crustaceans, and the medical and industrial applications of these when purified to create natural, biodegradable polymers. Chitin and Chitosan are considered an abundant alternative bioresource and application research continues today.
She was an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University and M.I.T., a professor in the Biology Department at Boston College from 1967-1993, and recipient of the Boston College Faculty Research Fellowship 1984-85. She served as a guest lecturer and visiting professor around the world at institutions including Duke University Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Alexandria University (Egypt), The U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint (first female on chemistry department faculty), and the University of Western Ontario (Canada), and concluded her professional career as Visiting Scientist at M.I.T.
She was an avid outdoorswoman and individualist, often hiking and camping alone for weeks in the Colorado Rockies and later in New England. Denied admission to veterinary school in the 1950s because she was a woman, she maintained a lifelong love of animals. She carried on her family tradition of political activism in the United States, worked on many political campaigns and supported a plethora of political and environmental activist organizations.
Maria learned fine cooking from her mother, but it was her deprivation at the hands of the Nazis that fueled her love of great food. Cooking was a mainstay in her life and she created many wonderful meals for family and friends. She was a role model for working women, balancing the needs of her disabled husband and her son with her intense academic research and teaching. She was hosted over the years at a variety of dedications and events in Germany, memorializing her family and her brother's significant contributions to The White Rose and resistance to the Nazi Regime.
She was a Phi Beta Kappa and member of the American Society of Biological Chemists; American Physiological Society; American Chemical Society (50-year member); Sigma Xi; Society for Complex Carbohydrates; Fellow, American Institute of Chemists.
She lived with her husband in Lexington from 1964 to 1998 and then Barnstable Village through 2006.
Mrs. Bade is survived by her son, W. Christopher Bade, his wife, Faith, and three grandchildren, all of Concord.
additional information courtesy of Randall Jensen (#47426837)
*
occupation:biochemistry professor research-college
father:Conrad Leipelt-Germany
mother:Katarina Baron-Austro-Hungarian Empire
husband:William L Bade
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