William L. Cary
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William Lucius Cary served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1961 and 1964.
Chairman Cary graduated Yale University in 1931 and later served with the Office of Strategic Services
(OSS) in the former Yugoslavia and Romania during World War II. He was a Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia University when President John F. Kennedy appointed as SEC Chairman.
In 1974 he wrote Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections Upon Delaware, an article in the Yale Law Journal
that has been cited frequently for decades as the classic argument for federalizing the issuance of corporate charters.
, in 1954. They had two daughters:
Chairman Cary graduated Yale University in 1931 and later served with the Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...
(OSS) in the former Yugoslavia and Romania during World War II. He was a Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia University when President John F. Kennedy appointed as SEC Chairman.
In 1974 he wrote Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections Upon Delaware, an article in the Yale Law Journal
Yale Law Journal
The Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School...
that has been cited frequently for decades as the classic argument for federalizing the issuance of corporate charters.
Family
He married Katherine Lemoine Fenimore Cooper, a second great granddaughter of James Fenimore CooperJames Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...
, in 1954. They had two daughters:
- Linn Fenimore Cooper Cary (married writer Ved MehtaVed MehtaVed Parkash Mehta is a writer who was born in Lahore, British India to a Hindu family. He lost his sight at the age of four as the result of an attack of cerebrospinal meningitis...
in 1983) - Katrina Fenimore Cooper Cary