Nancy White (field hockey)
Nancy Pitkin White Lippe is a former field hockey player from the United States. She was part of the United States Olympic team that did not attend due to the US boycott of the Olympics at that time.
Early life and education[edit]
Lippe is the daughter of United States Supreme Court justice and former National Football League player Byron "Whizzer" White (1917 to 2002) and Marion Stearns; she also has one brother.[1][2] From 1976 to 1980,[3] she studied human biology at Stanford University, and has a doctorate in education from the Fielding Graduate University.[4][5]
Career[edit]
A two-time first-team All-American from Stanford University, she was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1980, but due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, did not compete in the Olympics.[4] As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[6] She is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.[7][3]
She is the director of arts and environment at The Umbrella Community Arts Center in Concord,[8] and teaches philanthropy at Tufts University.[5]
Personal life[edit]
She has four children and lives with her husband in Lincoln, Massachusetts.[5] She previously lived in Los Altos, California.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cosgrove-Mather, Bootie (15 April 2002). "Former Justice Byron White Dies". CBS News. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
- ↑ Official Reports of the Supreme Court. (2003). United States: Supreme Court.. pXVII
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Stanford University - Hall of Fame TEST". static.gostanford.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Migdol, G. (1997). Stanford : home of champions. United States: Sports Publishing. p172
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The DeBoskey Group – Nancy White Lippe". deboskeygroup.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (1 May 2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403. Search this book on
- ↑ "Stanford Inducts 12 into Athletic Hall of Fame". GoStanford.com. 1 September 1998. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Nancy Lippe". Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
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