From a New York Times obit by Robert D. McFadden headlined “Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92”:

Robert Gottlieb, an illustrious editor at Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker whose deft touch shaped a bibliophile’s library of novels, nonfiction books and magazine articles by a pantheon of acclaimed writers from the middle to the late 20th century, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.

From an interview on npr.org by Terry Gross headlined “He’s edited Caro, le Carré, and ‘Catch-22,’ but doesn’t mind if you don’t know his name”:

At 91, Robert Gottlieb is perhaps the most acclaimed book editor of his time. He started out in 1955 and has been working in publishing ever since — serving as editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker. The list of authors he’s edited include Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, John le Carré, Katharine Graham, Bill Clinton, Nora Ephron and Michael Crichton.