1946
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:08:15-08:00Jerome is discharged from the military and spends some time in Los Angeles enjoying the beach and the sunny climate. After six months he decides to return to his family and friends in Detroit.
1945
ackermanmod2017-01-01T00:37:03-08:00Evelyn receives a BFA degree with a minor in art history (with distinction) and continues on to graduate school at Wayne on a scholarship.
1942
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:10:57-08:00Evelyn, a top student, graduates from Detroit’s Central High School and enters the University of Michigan as an art major. She transfers to Wayne University in 1942 after her father dies and her brothers enter the military.
1941-1943
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:09:41-08:00When the United States enters World War II, Jerome leaves Wayne, works at a naval ordnance plant, then joins the Air Force. He serves in Germany as a control tower operator.
1939
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:12:10-08:00Jerome graduates from Detroit’s Central High School where he was class president, played varsity tennis, and was advertising manager of the newspaper. He enters Wayne University (now Wayne State University) as an art major.
1924
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:11:34-08:00Evelyn Lipton is born on January 12 in Detroit, Michigan, to Jacob Lipchinsky and Sarah Turetzsky. She is the youngest of five, joining brothers Leo, Raymond, and Milton and her twin sister, Roslyn. The family later shortens its name to Lipton.
1920
ackermanmod2017-01-29T08:12:48-08:00Jerome (“Jerry”) Ackerman is born on January 29 in Detroit, Michigan, to Louis Ackerman and Esther Greenberg. His brother, Bernard, is 12 years older.