David L. Lipton, a highly regarded professor at a number of institutions including

Middlesex County College and University of Management & Technology, passed

away from leukemia-related complications on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at

Center for Hope Hospice & Palliative Care in Scotch Plains, NJ. A skilled

researcher with a phenomenal memory and a passion for Antarctic history, he

was the author of A World Ethnohistory of the Antarctic Region During the Early

Modern Era, History's Philosophy Through Debates, Premodern Antarctic World

Ethnohistory, Thoughts on the Globalization of World History, and Some Ideas

About the Far South Before the Western European Age of Discovery. He held

two M.A. degrees in History, one with a concentration in American History from

Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the other with a

concentration in Global History from American Military University; as well as a B.A. in

History from Jersey City State College, graduating Summa cum Laude with the

distinction of National Dean’s List and member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor

Society. Previously, he earned a B.A. in English and a M.S. in Computer Science at

San Francisco State University. He enjoyed exploring alternate history themes and

experimenting with a variety of poetic forms. David was born September 1, 1954

in Plainfield, NJ, the son of Dr. Maurice R. Lipton and Miriam G. (Segal) Lipton.

He is survived by his sister Carol (Paris, France), his brother Alan (Berkeley,

CA), and their families.