Frederick Lippitt
| Frederick Lippitt | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 29, 1916 |
| Died | May 11, 2005 (aged 88) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Buried at | Swan Point Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
|
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
|
| Years of service | 1941-1965 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel
|
| Unit |
Americal Division 91st Infantry Division Rhode Island National Guard 43rd Infantry Division 103rd Field Artillery Battalion |
| Battles/wars |
Second World War Korean War |
| Awards | Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation Medal National Defense Service Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal Rhode Island National Guard Service Medal |
| Relations |
Henry F. Lippitt (father) Lucy Hayes Herron Lippitt (mother) Mary Ann Lippit (sister) Nellie Herron Taft (aunt) John Chafee (cousin) Lincoln Chafee (cousin) Henry Lippitt (grandfather) Charles Warren Lippitt (uncle) |
Frederick Lippitt (December 29, 1916 – May 11, 2005) was an American military officer, attorney, politician, public servant and philanthropist.
He was the scion of a distinguished Rhode Island colonial family, the son of United States Senator Henry F. Lippitt (1856–1933) and Lucy Hayes Herron Lippitt (1877-1961). He was the grandson of Governor Henry Lippitt and the nephew of Governor Charles Warren Lippitt. First Lady Nellie Herron Taft was his aunt. He was also a cousin of United States Senator John Chafee and Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee.
Lippitt received his preparatory education at St. Mark's School and graduated from Yale University in 1939. He then attended Yale Law School where he joined the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. His studies were interrupted by his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he completed his studies at Yale Law School and graduated in 1946.
Lippitt took a leave of absence from Yale Law School and enlisted in the United States Army on August 6, 1941, four months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. He saw service on the island of New Caledonia with the Americal Division in 1942. He was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Field Artillery on October 20, 1942.
Later in the war, he served in Italy with the 91st Infantry Division. (Some sources state that he served in the Philippines but this is not mentioned in his official legislative biography in the Rhode Island Manual.) On July 24, 1944 he was wounded in action for which he received the Purple Heart.
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