His obituary said, “Pierre is deeply in love with Eleanor, the love of his life.”Īfter an eye injury kept him from playing soccer, Lipton and Pereboom began running together, and their running quickly became a “lifestyle,” Pereboom said. And soon, he and Pereboom were traveling together. Lipton loved to travel, having visited England, Sweden, China, Thailand, and Iceland with his family. He didn’t want to just be on campus like everybody else.” We kept talking, and he kept thinking of more incredible things to do together. “It was the weirdest first date, but also perfect,” she recalled. He asked her to go to Trader Joe’s in Warwick and then sit by the water, eating snacks. Pereboom recalled meeting Lipton while she was in a dual degree program at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. When my dog went to the hospital, he knew how much I love my dog. “Any time I needed advice, he would be first to call and talk everything over,” said his sister, Adelina Lipton. In college, he started VitaLives, a company aimed at reducing malnutrition and vitamin deficiency.

In high school, he volunteered at an orphanage in Panama, teaching English and math. His kindness was evident in other endeavors.

“He thought they could provide more objective news that states the facts and allows people, who live next door to each other and might have nothing in common, to come together,” he said. His father said Lipton always felt that there was too much polarization in the news and that people couldn’t agree on anything because they weren’t basing their opinions on a common set of facts. His commitment to truth was evident in 1440 Media, the Chicago-based company he cofounded in 2018 after meeting Tim Huelskamp, a venture capitalist, and Andrew Steigerwald, a scientist working on Capitol Hill. He lived his life that way - honest, truthful, and kind.” “We are pretty sure he was going to win a Nobel Prize,” said his father, Dr. He liked to build things - whether with Legos or new business ventures - and he wanted to make a difference in the world. He spoke English, Spanish, Arabic, and was learning Italian in anticipation of a trip in May. He longed to play for the national soccer team in Tonga, the South Pacific nation where his mother was born. He wanted to run all the major marathons. “He never did anything less than 100 percent,” said his girlfriend, Eleanor Pereboom. “He lived life to the fullest in every way,” said his mother, professor Siu Challons-Lipton. Those who loved him say Lipton - who was born in Charlotte, N.C., and lived in Providence - made each moment count. But they found it too hard to say goodbye, so they adopted a mutt and named her Appa, after the flying bison/manatee in “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Kye Ehrlich When the pandemic hit, Pierre Lipton and girlfriend Eleanor Pereboom began fostering dogs.

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