Misplaced Pages

William Lucius Cary (1910–1983) served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1961 and 1964.

Chairman Cary graduated from 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 him 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.

Family

He married Katherine Lemoine Fenimore Cooper, a second great granddaughter of James Fenimore Cooper, in 1954. They had two daughters:

• Linn Fenimore Cooper Cary (married writer Ved Mehta in 1983)
• Katrina Fenimore Cooper Cary

References

• Time Magazine, Friday, July 7, 1961,

1. "James Fenimore Cooper Society Home Page".

External links

• William L. Cary at Find a Grave

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

• Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Yale University alumni
• 1910 births
• 1983 deaths
• Kennedy administration personnel
• Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel