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John Sigsbee Rees Shad (June 27, 1923 – July 7, 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 earned 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.

He had two children, Leslie Shad and Rees Shad, and was married to Patricia Shad.

Legacy

• Shad Hall, at Harvard Business School, was named for him; in 1987, Shad had provided a $20 million endowment to the school for a "Business Leadership and Ethics" program.

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

References

1. Leonard Sloane (9 July 1994). "John S. R. Shad Dies at 71; S.E.C. Chairman in the 80's". The New York Times. p. 1 11. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
2. "Suddenly, Business Schools Tackle Ethics", by SANDRA SALMANSAUG. August 2, 1987 The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
3. "A Campus Built on Philanthropy - Shad Hall", Harvard Business School. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

v t e United States ambassadors to the Netherlands
J. Adams Short J. Q. Adams Vans Murray Eustis Everett Hughes Preble Davezac Bleecker Hughes Davezac Folsom Belmont Murphy Pike Rhodes Ewing Gorham Birney Dayton Bell Roosevelt Thayer Quinby Newel Hill Beaupre Bryce Van Dyke Garrett Phillips Tobin Diekema Swenson Emmet Gordon Biddle Hornbeck Baruch Chapin Matthews Young Rice Tyler Middendorf Gould McCloskey Joseph Dyess Bremer Shad Wilkins Dornbush Schneider Sobel Arnall Culbertson Hartog-Levin Broas Hoekstra Duggal

v t e Chairmen of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Kennedy Landis Douglas Frank Eicher Purcell Caffrey Hanrahan McDonald D. Cook Demmler Armstrong Gadsby Cary Cohen Budge Casey B. Cook Garrett Hills Williams Shad Ruder Breeden Levitt Pitt Donaldson Cox Schapiro Walter White Clayton Gensler

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