George Carroll Whipple, III (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

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Biography

Whipple was born to George Carroll Whipple Jr., an advertising and publishing executive and Joe Ann Feeley. Through his father, he is a descendant of John Whipple, an early settler of the

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, Senator

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, founding father

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, and signers of the

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and Stephen Hopkins. His sister is conservationist

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, daughter-in-law of

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, a son of former Vice President

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. Whipple ran campaign for town supervisor of his hometown,

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, as a 14-year old. He graduated from

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and received his B.A. from Columbia College and J.D. from

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. He was president of the secret society

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at Columbia. He also studied at

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and

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. Whipple started his career as

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. He left the law firm in 1987 and became a freelance photographer. He shot for ''

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'' and '' Town and Country,'' and ''

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''. He then joined

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in 1994 and rose to the head of the employment law group before joining

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and became the managing director and chairman of Credit Suisse's global human resources, executive compensation and employment law group. He joined Epstein Becker Green in 2015. In 1994, Whipple also became a correspondent for

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and began making twice-weekly celebrity reports.

Personal life

Whipple is known for his eyebrows and was called the "eyebrow man" by ''

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''. He is a New York society fixture and helped organize the "New Four Hundred Ball" on February 19, 1986, at

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. In 1987, Whipple married Kit Tobin, daughter of

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director Michael de Young Tobin and great-granddaughter of San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young, benefactor of

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. He later became engaged to Lisa Woodward, widow of banking heir William Woodward III, grandson of

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and son of

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. He married Victoria Meltzer in 2016. He was impersonated by

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on ''

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'' in 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whipple, George Living people American lawyers Choate Rosemary Hall alumni Columbia College (New York) alumni Columbia Law School alumni Credit Suisse people American labor lawyers American photographers People from Kent, New York De Young family Cravath, Swaine & Moore people Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford 1954 births