Editing William Lipscomb (section)

===Overview===

Lipscomb was born in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], to a physician father and housewife mother. Both his grandfather and great-grandfather had been physicians.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grimes |first=Russell |date=18 May 2011 |title=William Nunn Lipscomb Jr (1919–2011) |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/473286a#auth-Russell_N_-Grimes-Aff1 |journal=Nature|volume=473 |issue=7347 |page=286 |doi=10.1038/473286a |pmid=21593854 |bibcode=2011Natur.473..286G }}</ref> His family moved to [[Lexington, Kentucky]] in 1920,<ref name="Nobel">{{Nobelprize|accessdate=2020-05-30}}</ref> and he lived there until he received his [[Bachelor of Science]] [[academic degree|degree]] in chemistry at the [[University of Kentucky]] in 1941. He went on to earn his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in chemistry from the [[California Institute of Technology|California Institute of Technology (Caltech)]] in 1946.

From 1946 to 1959 he taught at the [[University of Minnesota]]. From 1959 to 1990 he was a professor of [[chemistry]] at [[Harvard University]], where he was a [[professor emeritus]] since 1990.

Lipscomb was married to the former Mary Adele Sargent from 1944 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web|author=LorraineGilmer02 |url=http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.sargent/1429/mb.ashx |title=obit fyi – Mary Adele Sargent Lipscomb, 1923 Ca. – 2007 NC – Sargent – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com |publisher=Boards.ancestry.com |date=2007-09-27 |access-date=2012-02-01}}</ref> They had three children, one of whom lived only a few hours.
He married Jean Evans in 1983.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-william-lipscomb-20110416-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519091851/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/16/local/la-me-william-lipscomb-20110416 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |title=OBITUARY: William N. Lipscomb dies at 91; won Nobel Prize in chemistry – Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=2011-04-16 |access-date=2012-02-01 |first=Thomas H. |last=Maugh II}}</ref> They had one adopted daughter.

Lipscomb resided in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] until his death in 2011 from [[pneumonia]].<ref name="Kauffman">{{cite journal
  | last =Kauffman
  | first =George B.
  |author2=Jean-Pierre Adloff
   | title =William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (1919–2011), Nobel Laureate and Borane Chemistry Pioneer: An Obituary–Tribute
  | journal =The Chemical Educator
  | volume =16
  | pages =195–201
  | date = 19 July 2011
  | url = http://www.nesacs.org/Noticeboard/2011/LIPSCOMB_CHEM_EDUCATOR(JUL2011).pdf
  | access-date = 16 August 2011 }}</ref>