1. Robert Jerome Lipshutz was an American attorney who served first as the national campaign treasurer for Jimmy Carter's successful 1976 run for the United States Presidency and then as the White House Counsel from 1977 to 1979 during Carter's administration.
Robert Lipshutz played a back channel role in the negotiations between Egypt and Israel that led to the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978.
Robert Lipshutz earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, where he was captain of the debate team, member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society, and was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1943.
Robert Lipshutz served in the United States Army during World War II and worked as a lawyer in Atlanta after completing his military service, opening a law office in 1947.
Robert Lipshutz first met Carter in 1966 when Carter was running an ultimately unsuccessful bid in the Democratic Party primary against Lester Maddox.
When Carter ran for governor in 1970 and won the race, he named Robert Lipshutz to serve on the state's Board of Human Resources.
Robert Lipshutz served as Carter's campaign treasurer during the 1976 Presidential Election and was named as White House Counsel after Carter took office, part of the "Georgia Mafia" that followed Carter into his administration.
Robert Lipshutz lobbied on behalf of naming a greater proportion of minorities to positions as judges and in the executive branch.
Robert Lipshutz served as a trustee of the Atlanta Jewish Federation and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, as well as of the Carter Center established by the former president.
Robert Lipshutz was survived by his second wife, Betty Beck, as well as by three daughters and a son from his first marriage, two stepchildren and nine grandchildren.