Encyclopedia Dubuque
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LIPPER, George
LIPPER, George. (Brockton, MA- ). General manager, KDTH. Lipper moved to Dubuque to be the assistant city manager. In January 1970, he announced his resignation as chief aide to City Manager Gilbert D. CHAVENELLE to become general manager of radio stations KDTH (AM) and KFMD (FM). Lipper later joined the board of directors of the TELEGRAPH HERALD and the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
During his thirteen months in city government, Lipper helped draft the human rights ordinance, worked with the firm studying the city's budgeting operation as a pilot study for the State of Iowa, headed the ill-fated north-end annexation project, and helped determine the 1970 budget. Lipper was also singled out by the Telegraph Herald as the person most responsible for funding of the DUBUQUE-WISCONSIN BRIDGE.
In 1982 Lipper received the FIRST CITIZEN AWARD.