Joan Lippincott received the Sesquicentennial Medal of Excellence from Rider University in May 2015. Previously she was honored by Westminster Choir College with the Alumni Merit Award, the Distinguished Merit Award, the Williamson Medal, and an honorary doctorate.
The recent award citation reads, “Rider University is honored to add to these accolades by awarding a Sesquicentennial Medal of Excellence to Joan Lippincott in recognition of her long and illustrious career as an educator and performer who has brought honor to the University.”
Lippincott is professor emerita of organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, New Jersey, and was principal university organist at Princeton University from 1993 to 2000. (Photo credit: Christian Steiner)
