George Whipple III

George Whipple III
Born (1954-12-07) December 7, 1954
EducationColumbia University (BA, JD)
Alma materThe Choate School
OccupationsLawyer, reporter, photographer
EmployerNY1 News
RelativesAllison Whipple Rockefeller (sister)

George Carroll Whipple, III[1][2] (born December 7, 1954) is an American lawyer, reporter, and photographer. He is on the board of directors of the law firm Epstein Becker Green and an entertainment and lifestyle commentator for “Whipple’s World” on NY1 News.[1][3]

Biography

Whipple was born to George Carroll Whipple Jr., an advertising and publishing executive and Joe Ann Feeley.[4][5] Through his father, he is a descendant of John Whipple, an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Senator Daniel Webster, Massachusetts founding father William Whipple, and fellow signers of the United States Declaration of Independence Charles Carroll of Carrollton and Stephen Hopkins.[6][7] His sister is conservationist Allison Whipple Rockefeller, daughter-in-law of Rodman Rockefeller, a son of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.

Whipple ran campaign for town supervisor of his hometown, Kent, New York, as a 14-year old.[8] He graduated from The Choate School and received his B.A. from Columbia College and J.D. from Columbia Law School.[9] He was president of the secret society St. Anthony Hall at Columbia.[9][10] He also studied at St Peter's College, Oxford and New York University.[3]

Whipple started his career as Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He left the law firm in 1987 and became a freelance photographer. He shot for The New York Times Magazine and Town and Country, and Playboy.[9] He then joined Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 1994 and rose to the head of the employment law group before joining Credit Suisse and became the managing director and chairman of Credit Suisse's global human resources, executive compensation and employment law group.[11] He joined Epstein Becker Green in 2015.[12]

In 1994, Whipple also became a correspondent for NY1 and began making twice-weekly celebrity reports.[9]

Personal life

Whipple is known for his eyebrows and was called the "eyebrow man" by The New York Times.[9][12] He is a New York society fixture and helped organize the "New Four Hundred Ball" on February 19, 1986, at Park Avenue Armory.[13][14]

In 1987, Whipple married Kit Tobin, daughter of San Francisco Chronicle director Michael de Young Tobin and great-granddaughter of San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young, benefactor of De Young Museum.[15][16][17] He later became engaged to Lisa Woodward, widow of banking heir William Woodward III, grandson of William Woodward Sr. and son of William Woodward Jr.[18][19] He married Victoria Meltzer in 2016.[20][21]

He was impersonated by Darrell Hammond on Saturday Night Live in 1996.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 "George Carroll Whipple, III – Employee Relations Investigations Attorney – New York, New York". Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ "George Carroll Whipple, III | Preserve Putnam County". www.preserveputnam.org. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "George Whipple – Society Reporter". www.ny1.com. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "George C. Whipple Jr. Is Dead; Advertising Executive Was 42". The New York Times. May 19, 1972. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Joeann M. Feeley Engaged to Wed; Endicott Alumna Will Be Bride of George C. Whipple Jr, Who Is Columbia Graduate". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Allison Whipple Fiancee of C.P. Combemale". The New York Times. January 18, 1981. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate, by H.B. Whipple". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  8. ↑ LIFE. Time Inc. October 31, 1969.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Bumiller, Elisabeth (May 17, 1998). "'Eyebrow Man': The Lawyer Has Two Faces". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  10. ↑ "George Whipple 3d '77 - Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  11. ↑ "George Whipple—And His Eyebrows—Head to Epstein Becker". The American Lawyer. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Epstein Becker Nabs Ex-Credit Suisse Employment Chief - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ New York Magazine. New York Media. April 7, 1986.
  14. ↑ New York Magazine. New York Media. September 9, 1996.
  15. ↑ "Kit Tobin Planning to Marry George C. Whipple 3d in July". The New York Times. May 3, 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Chronicle director Michael de Young Tobin dies". SFGATE. November 3, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Kit Tobin Weds in California". The New York Times. July 26, 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  18. ↑ Schoeneman, Deborah (February 13, 2004). "Lizzie Grubman's next Hampton's move - Fashion Week 2004 - Rick Solomon on the new sex tape - Nymag". New York Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Metro News Briefs: New York – Despite an Heir's Will, Wife May Get Payment". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 14, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Richard Johnson: Nelson Mandela's daughter keeps his memory alive with auction". New York Daily News. October 29, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Victoria Rose Meltzer Weds George Carroll Whipple, III - Putnam County Courier". Putnam County Courier -. June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  22. ↑ "SNL Archives | Impressions | George Whipple III". snlarchives.net. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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