David Sturtevant Ruder (May 25, 1929 – February 15, 2020) was the William W. Gurley Memorial Professor of Law Emeritus at

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, where he served on the faculty since 1961, and where he served as dean from 1977 to 1985. He served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1987 to 1989, and later practiced with the

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Baker & McKenzie. He served as chairman of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, an organization providing education to independent directors of mutual funds, from 2002 to 2010 and was the organization's chairman emeritus. Ruder was a 1951 graduate of

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(B.A. cum laude) and a 1957 graduate of the

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(J.D., with honors). He received an honorary Doctor of Laws in 2002 from the

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. On May 14, 2008, Ruder, together with two other former SEC chairmen,

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and

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, endorsed

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's candidacy for

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.Three former chairmen of the SEC to endorse Obama
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* Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 1929 births 2020 deaths Williams College alumni Deans of law schools in the United States University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law faculty Wisconsin Republicans Illinois Republicans Reagan administration personnel George H. W. Bush administration personnel {{US-law-bio-stub