JACQUES LIPETZ

We share the news of the passing of Dr. Jacques Lipetz, loving husband to Inez, brother to Eric, father to Andrew and David, stepfather to Jed Fishback and Trina Weingarten, and grandfather to Miranda, Jordan, Jeremy, Eli, Sam, Jillian, Jordan, Elena and Sofia. Jacques died early in the morning on Tuesday, January 11th at the age of 89. Jacques was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and survived the Holocaust by escaping Europe to the Philippines with his family. They lived in Manila through the Japanese occupation and ultimately landed in New York City. After graduating from Brown University, where he earned his AB and MA, Jacques attended Yale University where he earned his PhD. His early career was spent as a research scientist and educator at the Rockefeller Institute, Manhattan College, Boyce Thompson Institute, Wistar Institute, and Drexel University where the students awarded him Professor of the Year honors. Later in life he found his next calling, returning to the University of Pennsylvania to prepare for a career in clinical psychology. Jacques spent the last 40 years as a clinical psychologist, treating his patients up until the days before his death. His warmth and caring will be missed by the many lives he touched.


In lieu of flowers, please honor Jacques' memory with a contribution to either: Yad V'Shem - https://www.yadvashem.org/ or to The Philadelphia Orchestra - https://www.philorch.org/