John S.R. Shad

John Sigsbee Rees Shad (1923–1994), served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1981 and 1987. He also served as the ambassador to the Netherlands. He had two children, Leslie and Rees Shad, and was married to Patricia Shad. He has a building named after him at the Harvard Business School, called Shad Hall. He had degrees from the University of Southern California, the Harvard Business School and the New York University Law School.^[1]

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.

Archives and records

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

Government offices
Preceded by Harold M. Williams	Securities and Exchange Commission Chair 1981 – 1987	Succeeded by David Sturtevant Ruder
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by L. Paul Bremer	58th U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands 1987–1989	Succeeded by C. Howard Wilkins, Jr.

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

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