Henry Lippold
He helped to form and guide thousands of students during his 55 year academic and broadcast career. Beginning in 1947, he maintained academic and professional careers at UW-Oshkosh, UW-Madison, Northwestern University and WOSH-AM, Oshkosh, WIB-AM, Poynette, WHA-AM, Madison and WLS-AM, Chicago. He then spent 5 years in broadcast news at WMT-AM & TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, before embarking on a 43-year academic career in 1959 at the University of Illinois where he taught television news and broadcast writing and was also the news and public affairs director for UI’s WILL-TV in Urbana. He moved to the UW-Eau Claire in 1972 to develop its broadcast journalism program and over the next 30 years sent hundreds of students into broadcasting in Wisconsin and throughout the country. During that time he also worked part-time for 6 years at WEAU-TV news and also was co-founder of the Western Wisconsin Press Club.
Henry Lippold passed away on Oct. 20, 2018.
I had a wonderful career at CBS, NBC, Kraft and Leo Burnett – thanks to Mr. Lippold. His spirit, experience, and dedication were inspirational and integral to my initial job placement, and I will forever be grateful.
Greatest teacher God ever produced. I feel truly blessed I was one of his students. Where would I be without Henry, the wind beneath my wings?
Henry’s influence extended to Arkansas State University, where Charles Rasberry, Darrel Cunningham and Rich Carvell served on the R-TV faculty at various times after first studying with Henry while taking Masters degrees at the University of Illinois.
My favorite professor, ever. He put the nose on this journalist. Always tasked me with “what more”. His joy of teaching and journalism was infectious. I worked in a newsroom. I taught television editing, launched a broadcast career because of him. Wish that I could have told him what an influence he was. I’ve worked with all networks, and he gave me the confidence to do that.
Still writing, editing, videoing, photography.
Miss you Henry, I wish I could share what you shaped.
OBTW he had nicknames for all of us, just like a newsroom. Trying to recall his for me.
I think the greatest thing Henry taught me was how important it is to be passionate about your job. “You must CARE, Mr. Stroschein. People are watching and need this information.” In his Update News class, students were thrust into the job as real journalists. So what if you are carrying 16 credits. So what if the tornado came through town at night. We were on duty and were expected to produce news! I will never forget Professor Henry J. Lippold.