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Whipple

American  
[hwip-uhl, wip-] / ˈʰwɪp əl, ˈwɪp- /

noun

  1. Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, U.S. astronomer.

  2. George Hoyt 1878–1976, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1934.


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“This is what presidents like to do,” Whipple told me.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

There have been daily noisy protests at the Whipple federal building where ICE agents stage ahead of raids.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, it was hard to tell what, if anything, had changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

By combining data from Hubble with observations from the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, the team identified repeating patterns in Betelgeuse's behavior.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

She persuaded Whipple that she would return to Mount Vernon—but only on the condition that she would be granted her freedom.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis