Stanley Irving Lippmann, Ph.D., J.D.

My background is in alternative energy research. I was motivated in this direction as a young adult in the 1970's after witnessing the effects of the Arab Oil Embargo in 1973.  I was also inspired by the science fiction genre which implicitly indicated a future human political economy which was not dependent on fossil fuels.  I was also influenced by the environmentalist movement, and took to heart the negative impacts of burning fossil fuels on human health and planet Earth and concluded that I would try to contribute to the needed  new basis for the economy grounded in renewable energy.  It seemed to me at the time that nuclear power was an imperfect but necessary choice, given the alternative of continuing to rely on fossil fuels.  Regardless of the merits, it was obvious that building more nuclear plants would be politically impossible in this country in time to avert the War for Oil that we are witnessing today.  Solar power seemed to be barely good enough for hot water heating, and it was beyond most people's imagination, mine included, that solar photovoltaics could practically compete as they now begin to do.  It seems in hindsight that wind and wave power could have been developed much faster if there had not been the pro-oil corruption in federal energy policy that continues from that era in an unbroken chain until today.  In 1978, as a sophomore at New York University, and lacking any concrete career direction, I was approached in the street by members of the National Caucus of Labor Committees (The Lyndon Larouche organization at the time).  They started in, "Do you realize that everyone in your school is on drugs?"  Well, the biggest dealer in my dorm was in fact the president of the dorm.  One thing led to another and I wound up going to a Fusion Energy Foundation lecture. Back then, They were selling the line that if we didn't have fusion power by 2000, humanity would be plunged into a new dark age, something like the current Bush regime.  Since this scene was more stimulating that the usual college scene, I set off on my mission to save humanity by bring fusion energy to the masses by enrolling in Physics I the next semester.

Getting a doctorate in physics was not easy. Then for 5 years I made my contributions to the field, working for General Atomics in San Diego. But as the millennium approached and the Clinton administration proved itself powerless to resist the drift toward Corporatism,  I got myself in trouble by not accepting the programmatic directives of the managers which put fusion off into the distant future.  In retrospect, losing my career in 1994 due to impatience with normal human frailties was a futile act of self-destruction. I tried to find an attorney to take on what I considered a public policy employment case.  When I couldn't find one, I decided to try to learn how to defend my interests by becoming a lawyer, starting at UW School of Law in 1995.

I've learned a few more things about human frailty since moving here in 1995.  Foremost among them is that the state of scientific ethics is not so bad after all, when one considers that descending states of legal, political, and business ethics as practiced on all levels.  To start with, upon arrival in Seattle, I was forced to take an MMR vaccine by the UW in order to register for law school. Immunization with unlicensed biologics know to be dangerous to adults was apparently the pilot project of Hillary Clinton's closed-door Health Care Task Force, who was paying back Merck for campaign contributions by tying UW student loan origination fees to the forced Merck vaccine mandate.  After nearly dying from this procedure, and inspired by Peter Steinbrueck's flirtation with entry into the 1997 Mayor's race, I thought that by running for Mayor, I would be able to get the message out that the UW was willing to kill a few students a year, including me,  for the sake of a $4 million a year reward from the Clinton Administration.  By so doing I believe I have saved the lives of several potential victims so far, and this leads me to press on with my annual campaigns, regardless of the other costs or benefits.

Stan's Other websites

Presently

Attorney at the Law Office of Stan Lippmann

Owner and operator of Silq Networks, a multi-unit Internet Service Provider

1995-1998

Student at University of Washington School of Law.

1995-1996

Physicist in Plasma Spectroscopy Group in the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Atomic Modeling of Highly Charged Rare Gas Ions.

1989-1994

Physicist in the DIII-D Program in the Fusion Divison at General Atomics, San Diego, CA
Impurity control and transport studies in Boundary Physics group. Including:

1982-1989

Research Assistant. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University.
VUV spectroscopic studies on tokamaks. Including:

1981-1982

Teaching Assistant. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University.

1977-1981

Undergraduate Student at New York University.

1972-1977

High School Student at Irvington High School, Irvington, NY.

1971-1972

Jr. High School Student at A.B. Davis Middle School, Mount Vernon, NY.

1965-1971

Grade School Student at Pennington Elementary School, Mount Vernon, NY.

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, NY, August 18, 1959.

Degrees

List of Publications

1. Lippmann, S., Fournier, K.B., Observation of O V n=3-3 Transitions in a Tokamak Plasma, Physical Review E (Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics). vol.51, no.5, pt.B. pp. 5139-42. May 1995.
2. Lippmann, S.I.; Evans, T.E.; Jackson, G.L.; West, W.P. Impurity penetration and transport during VH- mode on DIII-D. (Tenth International Conference on Plasma-Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, Monterey, CA, USA, 30 March-3 April 1992). Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1992, vol.196- 198:498-502.
3. Lippmann, S., Mahdavi, A., Roth, J., Krieger, K, Janeschitz, G. Retention of Gaseous Impurities in the Divertor of DIII-D (Proceedings, 18th European Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics Berlin, 1991, Vol. 15C pg. III-201)
4. Lippmann, S.; Finkenthal, M.; Moos, H.W.; McCool, S.C.; and others. Effects of an ergodic magnetic limiter on the edge plasma properties of the TEXT tokamak. Nuclear Fusion, Nov. 1991, vol.31, (no.11):2131-40.
5. Lippmann, S., Finkenthal, M., Moos, W. Determination of poloidal variation of the electron temperature and density in a tokamak plasma using VUV spectroscopy. Physica Scripta, April 1990, vol.41, (no.4):506-9.
6. Lippmann, S. Finkenthal, M., Huang, L.K., Moos, H.W., and others. Laboratory Study of the Spectrum of Highly Ionized Calcium in the 100-250 Å Range applied to Solar Flare Diagnostics, Astrophysical Journal, vol 29, 1987:313
7. Schaffer-M-J. Whyte-D-G. Brooks-N-H. Cuthbertson-J-W. Kim-J. Lippmann-S-I. Mahdavi-M-A. Maingi-R. Wood-R-D. Impurity reduction during 'puff and pump' experiments on DIII- D., Nuclear Fusion. vol.35, no.8. pp. 1000-7. Aug. 1995.
8. Mahdavi-M-A. Allen-S-L. Baker-D-R. Bastasz-B. Brooks-N-H. Buchenauer-D. Campbell-R-B. Cuthbertson-J-W. Evans-T-E. Fenstermacher-M-E. Finkenthal-D-F. Foote-J. Hill-D-N. Hillis-D-L. Hinton-F-L. Hogan-J. Howald-A-W. Hyatt-A-W. Jackson-G-L. Jong-R. Konoshima-S. Lasnier-C. Leonard-A-W. Lippmann-S-I. Maingi-R. Menon-M-M. Mioduszewski-P-K. Moyer- R-A. Ogawa-H. Petrie-T-W. Porter-G-D. Rensink-M-E. Roglein- T-D. Schaffer-M-J. Schaubel-K-M. Sevier-D-L. Smith-J-P. Staebler-G-M. Sager-G-T. Stambaugh-R-D. Thomas-D. Wade-M-R. Watkins-J-G. Weschenfelder-F. West-W-P. Whyte-D-G. Winter-J. Wong-C-P-C. Wood-R-D., Divertor heat and particle control experiments on the DIII-D tokamak. Journal of Nuclear Materials. vol.220-222. pp. 13-24. April 1995.
9. Watkins-J-G. Jong-R-A. Moyer-R-A. Hill-D-N. LaHaye-R-J. Porter-G-D. Buchenauer-D. Cuthbertson-J-W. Lippmann-S-I. Stambaugh-R-D. Title: Enhanced scrape-off layer plasma in DIII-D double-null discharges. Source: Journal of Nuclear Materials. vol.220-222. pp. 347-51. April 1995.
10. Allen-S-L. Brooks-N-H. Campbell-R-B. Fenstermacher-M-E. Hill-D-N. Hyatt-A-W. Knoll-D. Lasnier-C-J. Lazarus-E-A. Leonard-A-W. Lippmann-S-I. Mahdavi-M-A. Maingi-R. Meyer-W. Moyer-R-A. Petrie-T-W. Porter-G-D. Rensink-M-E. Rognlien-T- D. Schaffer-M-J. Smith-J-P. Staebler-G-M. Stambaugh-R-D. West-W-P. Wood-R-D. Development of a radiative divertor for DIII-D., Journal of Nuclear Materials. vol.220-222. pp. 336-41. April 1995.
11. Parks, P.B., Lippmann, S.I. Effects of Magnetic Field on the Distribution of Ions Striking a Planar Target Physics of Plasmas Dec. 1994, vol 1,(no.12):3883-89
12. McChesney, J.M., Lippmann, S., Laser-induced Fluorescence Diagnostic fo Divertors General Atomics Report GA-A21670 (1994), Review of Scientific Instruments. vol.66, no.1, pt.2. pp. 600-2. Jan. 1995.
13. Osborne-T-H. Burrell-K-H. Carlstrom-T-N. Chu-M-S. DeBoo-J-C. Gohil-P. Greenfield-C-M. Groebner-R-J. Jackson-G-L. Kim-Y- B. La-Haye-R-J. Lao-L-I. Lippmann-S-I. Stambaugh-R-D. Staebler-G-M. St-John-H. Strait-E-J. Taylor-T-S. Thompson-S- J. Turnbull-A-D. Doyle-E-J. Rettig-C-L. Konoshima-S. Winter-J. Wroblewski-D., Confinement and stability of VH mode discharges in the DIII-D Tokamak. Nuclear Fusion. vol.35, no.1. pp. 23-37. Jan. 1995.
14. Fournier, K.B., Finkenthal, M., Lippmann, S., and others. n=5-5 soft x-ray emmision of uranium in a high-temperature low-density tokamak plasma Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics), Nov. 1994, vol.50, (no.5):3727-33.
15. Fournier, K.B.; Goldstein, W.H.; Osterheld, A.; Finkenthal, M.; and others. Soft-X-ray emission of galliumlike rare-earth atoms produced by high-temperature low-density tokamak and high-density laser plasmas. Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics), Sept. 1994, vol.50, (no.3):2248-56.
16. Finkenthal, M.; Lippmann, S.; Huang, L.K.; Zwicker, A.; and others. O-shell emission of heavy atoms in an optically thin tokamak plasma. Physical Review A (Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics), 15 April 1992, vol.45, (no.8):5846-53.
17. Finkenthal, M.; Lippmann, S.; Huang, L.K.; Moos, H.W.; and others. Delta n=0N-shell emission of rare earth ions (Z=59 to 70) emitted from low and high density tokamak and laser produced plasmas. Physica Scripta, April 1990, vol.41, (no.4):445-8.
18. Finkenthal, M.; Lippmann, S.; Moos, H.W.; Mandelbaum, P. Highly ionized uranium emission in the soft-X-ray region 50-100 A. Physical Review A (General Physics), 1 April 1989, vol.39, (no.7):3717- 20.
19. Finkenthal, M.; Lippmann, S.; Moos, H.W.; Mandelbaum, P. Narrow bands of soft X-ray radiation emitted by heavy elements Au, Tl, Pb (Z=79/83) for X-ray microscopy in the water window. (X-Ray Instrumentation in Medicine and Biology, Plasma Physics, Astrophysics and Synchrotron Radiation, Paris, France, 25-28 April 1989). Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1989, vol.1140:162-6.
20. Finkenthal, M.; Lippmann, S.; Yu, T.L.; Huang, L.K.; and others. A comparison of the C III, O V, F VI and Ne VII Delta n=0(2-2) line emissions from a laboratory plasma with theoretical predictions and astrophysical observations. Astrophysical Journal, 15 Feb. 1987, vol.313, (no.2, pt.1):920-7.
21. Finkenthal, M.; Lippmann, A.S.; Huang, L.K.; Yu, T.L.; and others. The spectrum of highly ionized praseodymium and dysprosium from the Texas tokamak plasma in the 50-250-A range. Journal of Applied Physics, 1 June 1986, vol.59, (no.11):3644-9.
22. Finkenthal, M.; Huang, L.K.; Lippmann, S.; Moos, H.W.; and others. Soft X-ray bands of highly ionized tungsten, gold and lead emitted by the TEXT tokamak plasma. Physics Letters A, 29 Feb. 1988, vol.127, (no.5):255-8.
23. Finkenthal, M.; Yu, T.L.; Allen, S.L.; Huang, L.K.; and others. Si IV line ratios in laboratory plasmas: a comparison of experimental data and theoretical computations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oct. 1987, vol.184, (no.1-2, pt.1):337-40.
24. Huang, L.K.; Lippmann, S.; Stratton, B.C.; Moos, H.W.; and others. Experimental determination of line-intensity ratios for the n=3 to n=2 transitions of O V, F VI, and Ne VII at electron densities in a range of (4-9)*10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/. Physical Review A (General Physics), 15 May 1988, vol.37, (no.10):3927-34.
25. Huang, L.K.; Lippmann, S.; Yu, T.L.; Stratton, B.C.; and others. Experimental determination of line- intensity ratios of transitions within the n=2 complex of Be I-like ions (ClXIV to CrXXI). Physical Review A (General Physics), 1 April 1987, vol.35, (no.7):2919-27.
26. Lazarus, E.A.; Lao, L.L.; Osborne, T.H.; Taylor, T.S.; and others. An optimization of beta in the DIII-D tokamak. Physics of Fluids B (Plasma Physics), Nov. 1992, vol.4, (no.11):3644-62.
27. Schaffer, M.J.; Lippmann, S.I.; Mahdavi, M.A.; Petrie, T.W.; and others. Particle control in the DIII-D advanced divertor. IN: 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium. Fusion Engineering. Proceedings (Cat. No.91CH30355-3). (14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium. Fusion Engineering. Proceedings (Cat. No.91CH30355-3), San Diego, CA, USA, 30 Sept.-3 Oct. 1991). New York, NY, USA: IEEE, 1992. p. 197-200 vol.1.
28. Jackson, G.L.; Winter, J.; Lippmann, S.; Petrie, T.W.; and others. Carbonization of the DIII-D tokamak. (Ninth International Conference on Plasma-Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, Bournemouth, UK, 21-25 May 1990). Journal of Nuclear Materials, Dec. 1990, vol.176-177:311-18.