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James McCauley Landis (September 25, 1899 – July 30, 1964) was an American government official and legal adviser. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1937.
Dec 11, 2004 · The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society honored James M. Landis, second chairman of the SEC. Landis was an adviser to multiple generations of Kennedys and dean of Harvard's...
Jan 21, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of James M. Landis, a former dean of Harvard Law School and a key architect of U.S. securities regulation. Find out how his career was derailed by his tax fraud scandal and how his ideas are relevant to current financial market challenges.
J ames Landis knew how to make human organizations work. His successes ranged from establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to cleaning Harvard Law School to reviving the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to stabilizing our wartime relations in the Middle East.
- Koch, H Charles
- 1996
HARRISON, N. Y., July 30—James M. Landis, a close adviser to three Presidents and former dean of the Harvard Law School, was found dead tonight in the swimming pool of his home here.
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The Legacy of James M. Landis. This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the Securities and Exchange Act that created the Securities and Exchange Commission. By contrast to that venerable age, James M. Landis, who helped write and implement the Securities and Exchange Act, was just 34 years old when he became a commissioner in 1934, and was ...
Ritchie shows that it was an idea to which James M. Landis clung enthusiastically, largely as a result of his experience on the Securities and Exchange Commission, until his later experience as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board and finally as a lawyer representing one of the parties at interest before the Board.
