Former library book of Ira Ackerman Lipman (November 15, 1940 – September 16, 2019) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Guardsmark, a privately owned security company with a payroll of 17,000 employees and 130 offices in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and France. In 2015, he sold Guardsmark to Universal Protection Service, the largest private security company in the United States, and he served as its vice chairman until its 2016 merger with Allied Barton. He was called "a pioneer in the private security guard business".^[1] His work was cited by the United States Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations. He supported the arts in Memphis, Tennessee, and Judeo-Christian interfaith dialogue in the United States.

Ira A. Lipman was born November 15, 1940 to a Jewish family in Little Rock, Arkansas. His father, Mark Lipman, was the founder of Mark Lipman Service, a private investigation company, and the author of the 1975 book Stealing: How America's Employees Are Stealing Their Companies Blind. His mother was Belle Ackerman. He was a member of Aleph Zadik Aleph.

Lipman was educated at the Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. While he was in high school, Lipman acted as an anonymous source to journalist John Chancellor, who was covering desegregation.

Lipman served on the boards of trustees of the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery and the Memphis Academy of Arts as well as on the Advisory Council of the Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts of America. He established the Alexis de Tocqueville Chapter of the United Way of Memphis in 1984, and he led its fundraising campaigns in 1985-1986. In 1992, he was elected to the board of governors of the United Way of America. In 1995, he endowed the annual $50,000 John Chancellor Award. He served on the board of trustees of Ohio Wesleyan University, from 1988 to 1997.

Lipman was appointed as the vice president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1992. He subsequently served as its chairman. He was appointed as the vice president of the International Council of Christians and Jews in 1992. He served as the Honorary Life Chairman of the National Conference for Community and Justice. He served as an officer of the American Jewish Historical Society in 1994-1995. With his wife, he donated a Torah scroll to Yeshiva University in 2007. He served on the board of trustees of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Lipman collected paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Mary Cassatt.

He was an avid collector of rare books and early American documents, a renown collector of the French artist, Toulouse-Lautrec, and one of the nation's largest collectors of mid-century New York artist, Friedel Dzubas. Yet Ira's true joy was deeply embedded in the principles of his faith and the love he had for his family. He was a devout member of the Memphis Jewish community where he was a lifelong member of Temple Israel and Baron Hirsch Congregations, and a supporter of the Memphis Jewish Federation. He also was a member of Fifth Avenue Synagogue, Temple Emanu-El and Congregation Shearith Israel in New York.

Item Description: If you feel the item description is not right, please bring it to my attention so that it can be addressed and that I can get you the right information and pricing. 

Best Offers: Items are available for offers only after being listed for 30 days. We consider all offers in relation to current market values. We try to respond almost immediately to most offers. Most of our counteroffers are firm but we are open to bargaining.

Contact Us: We are available 7 days a week and are happy to answer any questions you may have.

Returns: We make refunds when you send us the tracking number and we also receive the book we sent you. WE DO NOT make returns if you do not meet those requirements.

This item is shipped with USPS Media Mail. The books we sell are shipped one day after your payment. If your payment is made on Saturday or Sunday, we will ship on Monday. We do not ship outside the USA.

We remind you that in the Christmas season all shipments are delayed. FOR AN UNKNOWN "REASON" THE USPS TAKES UP TO A MONTH AND A HALF IN SOME BOOK SHIPMENTS.

Please ask all questions prior to purchasing. Thanks for looking!