Post by IONA86 on Sept 12, 2018 13:03:24 GMT -5
I just came across Brother Lips obit. I had him for two stats classes and he was a good teacher. My first class with him was full of members of the football, rugby and hockey teams and he did not take an shit from any of us. One day I had overslept, jumped out of bed and threw on a pair of cut-off sweatpants and a champion sweatshirt that I had cut the arms off and a pair of a Converse Dr. J's. It was a very cold day in November... when I walked into class, one minute late, Brother Lips watched me walk to the back of the room and put my books on a desk before he asked me to approach him in the front of the class. He then proceeded to make me model ( a catwalk routine with complete spin) my outfit to the class as he explained what a keen fashion sense I had and praising me for taking the risks to make such a bold fashion statement. Of course, my buddies were howling like a pack of hyenas the whole time. Brother Lips never stopped ribbing me over that outfit. He was a tough teacher but he was fair. Rest in Peace.
The dates below were off as he was still at Hagan during my senior year in 1986.
Brother Anton Joseph Lips, C.F.C.
Posted Thursday, August 2, 2018 12:00 am
Brother Anton Joseph Lips, C.F.C., who served at Iona College in New Rochelle and All Hallows High School, the Bronx, died June 29 at St. Joseph’s Residence Community in New Rochelle. He was 84.
He was a faculty member at the Hagan School of Business at Iona College, 1979-1982; Iona Preparatory School, New Rochelle, 1971-1978; and All Hallows High School, 1968-1971. He also taught at St. Cecilia School in East Harlem, 1955-1957.
He was superior of the brothers’ local community while at Iona College and All Hallows. He served as councilor of the Eastern American Province, 1982-1987 and participated in the Tertianship Renewal Program in Rome, 1978-1979.
He also served in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Newfoundland, Canada.
He retired in 2007.
Born in Queens, he attended Power Memorial Academy in Manhattan. He entered the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1951 and professed final vows in 1959.
He earned an MBA in management science and a bachelor’s in math from Iona, and a master’s in education from Fordham University.
He is survived by his sister Geraldine Korsch and was predeceased by another sister, Sister Joseph Lucille, O.P.
A Funeral Mass was offered July 6 at Holy Family Church in New Rochelle. Interment was at the Christian Brothers Cemetery in West Park.
