# Harold Lipton

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{{short description|American lawyer (1911–1999)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Harold Lipton
| image         = Harold Lipton.png
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| caption       = Lipton in 1965
| birth_name    = Harold Arlen Lipschitz
| birth_date    = {{dob|1911|5|11}}
| birth_place   = [The Bronx](/source/The_Bronx), New York, U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1999|12|30|1911|5|11}}
| death_place   = [Palm Springs, California](/source/Palm_Springs%2C_California), U.S.
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = {{hlist|Lawyer|businessman}}
| years_active  = 
| known_for     = 
| relatives     =  [Peggy Lipton](/source/Peggy_Lipton) (daughter)<br/>[Rashida Jones](/source/Rashida_Jones) (granddaughter)<br/> [Kidada Jones](/source/Kidada_Jones) (granddaughter)
}}

'''Harold Arlen Lipton''' (born '''Lipschitz'''; May 18, 1911 – December 30, 1999) was an American lawyer and basketball executive. In the 1970s and 1980s, Lipton co-owned the [Seattle SuperSonics](/source/Seattle_SuperSonics), the [San Diego Clippers](/source/San_Diego_Clippers), and the [Boston Celtics](/source/Boston_Celtics) with [Irv Levin](/source/Irv_Levin).<ref name="obit">{{cite news |title=Harold A. Lipton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/161546916/?article=7402dcf6-c3f9-49a6-83a5-697843f5ff46&focus=0.51288724,0.34598053,0.6319809,0.52722293&xid=3355 |access-date=August 10, 2024 |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=January 2, 2000 |page=42}}</ref>

==Life==
Lipton was born in [the Bronx](/source/the_Bronx), New York, to Belarusian Jewish immigrants Max Lipschitz, a hosier manufacturer from [Slutsk](/source/Slutsk), and Alice "Gussie" Goldfarb from [Brest](/source/Brest%2C_Belarus).<ref name="nynat">''New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794–1943''</ref>{{primary source inline|date=May 2026}}

He graduated from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1934. He was general counsel and director of [National General Corporation](/source/National_General_Corporation).<ref name="obit"/>

He married Rita Benson in 1941. He was the father of actress [Peggy Lipton](/source/Peggy_Lipton)<ref>{{cite news |title=NBA Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/45836460/?match=1&terms=Harold%20Lipton%20celtic |access-date=August 10, 2024 |work=The Lowell Sun |date=March 24, 1977 |page=28}}</ref> and grandfather of actresses [Rashida Jones](/source/Rashida_Jones) and [Kidada Jones](/source/Kidada_Jones).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Branch |first1=John |title=Clippers for Sale, and the Owner Who Was Desperate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/sports/basketball/clippers-for-sale-and-the-owner-who-was-desperate.html |access-date=August 11, 2024 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=May 10, 2014}}</ref>

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Category:American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
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Category:Businesspeople from New York City
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:People from the Bronx
Category:Los Angeles Clippers owners
Category:Seattle SuperSonics owners

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