Stanford Lipsey
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Stanford Lipsey | |
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| Born | October 8, 1927 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 2016 (aged 89) |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Cemetery |
| Education | Omaha Central High School |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
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| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | Jacob Lipsey Molly Brick |
Stanford Lipsey (October 8, 1927 – November 1, 2016[1]) was an American journalist, photographer, and newspaper publisher.[2] He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Molly Brick and Jacob Lipsey, were Jewish Russian immigrants.[1][3]
Lipsey was educated at the Omaha Central High School and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948.[4]
Lipsey got his first experience in the newspaper business as a photographer for his high school newspaper, the Central High Register.[4] Later, he was the photography editor for his university yearbook, at the University of Michigan.[2] During the Korean War, he was editor of the Air Pulse newspaper at Offutt Air Force Base, while serving in the Air Force Reserve.[3][4]
in 1953, Lipsey began working at the Omaha Sun,[5] a chain of weekly newspapers that comprised seven paid and five free newspapers in Omaha, Nebraska.[3] He worked as a photographer and writer.[4] Later, he purchased the Sun.[5] In 1969, he sold the struggling newspapers to Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffett, but remained there, as president and publisher.[3] He became vice president, in 1988, of Berkshire Hathaway, as they continued to try to increase profitability.[5][6]
In 1972, the staff of the Sun Newspapers won the John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business Writing, and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, for their series of stories about Boys Town, which led to reforms of the organization.[7][8] The Pulitzer Prize was the first time that the prize had been awarded to a small newspaper. In 2008 The Omaha Press Club inducted the (former) Omaha Sun Newspapers, into their initial Journalists of Excellence Hall of Fame for the team's work on the Boys Town series.[9]
Berkshire sold the Sun in 1980 and publication ceased three years later, after a legal battle with their competitor, the Omaha World-Herald.[3][10] After Berkshire purchased the Buffalo Evening News in 1977, Lipsey traveled to Buffalo, at Buffett's request, and later served as publisher of the Buffalo News for 30 years.[3] Lipsey was named as publisher emeritus in 2012.[3]
