Doris Troth Lippman is a Professor of Nursing at the Fairfield University School of Nursing located in

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. She also practices as an

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at Fairfield Community Services in Fairfield, CT. Lippman served as a

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in the United States Army Nursing Corps during 1967–1968 working at a

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(M.A.S.H.) during the Vietnam War. She was Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project where she was actively involved in gaining approval for its funding and unveiling on the

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For her efforts, Lippman was awarded an honorary Military Order of the Purple Heart in 2003. She was President of the Connecticut Nurses' Association, which awarded Lippman their highest honor, the Diamond Jubilarian Agnes Ohlson Award, for her contributions to nursing through political action. And in 2005, she was inducted as a Fellow of the

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. Lippman received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, a master of arts from

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2023, the university had about 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 gra ...

, and a masters and doctorate degree in education from

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. She and her husband, Dr. Kenneth Lippman, reside in

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External links

Doris Lippman, EdD, APRN,BC, FAAN

References

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