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John SR Shad

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Name
  
John Shad


Died
  
1994, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Education
  
Harvard Business School, University of Southern California

John Sigsbee Rees Shad (1923–1994), served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1981 and 1987. He also served as the ambassador to the Netherlands. He had two children, Leslie and Rees Shad, and was married to Patricia Shad. He has a building named after him at the Harvard Business School, called Shad Hall. He had degrees from the University of Southern California, the Harvard Business School and the New York University Law School.

He said when he was the head of the SEC that he had wanted to spend a third of his life learning, a third earning, and a third serving.

Archives and records

  • John S.R. Shad papers at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School
  • References

    John S.R. Shad Wikipedia