Karl Wipplinger, Faculty Member GWU, 81, Washington Post

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022305171_2.html

Karl Wipplinger Physician, Faculty Member

Karl Wipplinger, 81, a past director of internal medicine at George
Washington University's medical school, died of congestive heart failure
Feb. 17 [2010] at his home in Alexandria.

Dr. Wipplinger served on the GWU medical faculty for 45 years. He retired
from clinical practice in 1994 but continued teaching until 2002. He was a
multiple recipient of the school's outstanding teaching award.

Dr. Wipplinger was born in Steyr, Austria. He received his medical degree
from the University of Vienna's medical school in 1953 and trained in
internal medicine at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Linz, Austria. He completed
his residency at GWU and then joined the faculty. He ran the staff's morning
report conferences for more than 30 years.

He enjoyed playing bridge.

His marriage to Barbara Callahan ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Wipplinger of Alexandria.

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Patricia Sullivan