Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

Regulating the Regulators: The Executive Branch and the SEC, 1981-2008

In Recognition

© Graphica Arts, Corbis

“The Chairman served the pleasure of the President, and Mr. Reagan had a different pleasure.”

- January 19, 2006 Interview with Harold Williams

“In May 1987, I went to a meeting of the American Law Institute in Washington.  Someone tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘They want you at the White House.’  I said, ‘What for?’  The person said, ‘For the job.’  I said, ‘You mean the job?’”

- May 27, 2015 Interview with David Ruder

“I got a phone call one day from someone from the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.  They said, ‘Would you please come over and have lunch?’  Sure, that sounded pretty interesting.  I did.  During lunch, I was asked, ‘Would you be interested in being one of the Commissioners?’  I remember thinking, ‘Yes, I think I could do a better job than some who were currently Commissioners.’”

- May 14, 2013 Interview with Charles Cox

“Paul [Carey] and I had a very close working relationship, because he was the White House legislative liaison.  Paul and I always said we had a symbiotic relationship in that he got my name out of the White House and I got his name out of the Senate.”

- November 7, 2005 Interview with Laura Unger


The Gallery was prepared and built by Carla Rosati.

With thanks to the members of the 2016-17 Museum Committee for their guidance in the development of the Gallery:  Alan Berkeley, K&L Gates LLP; Gregg Berman, Citadel; Joseph Carcello, University of Tennessee; Craig Lewis; Vanderbilt University; David Lipton, The Catholic University of America, Chair; David Martin, Covington & Burling LLP; James McKinney, University of Maryland; Richard Rowe, Proskauer Rose LLP; Michael Ryan; and Erik Sirri, Babson College.


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