Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

Donors and Honorary Gifts

Harvey Pitt, wearing a suit, standing next to an SEC seal, holding a pipe.
Harvey L. Pitt at the SEC in 1970

Harvey L. Pitt (1945-2023)

2024 GIFTS IN MEMORY
Aaron Lipson

2023 GIFTS IN MEMORY
James Barratt; Joe Brenner; Mark Cahn; Stacey Chittick; Jane Cobb; Jack Day; Lori Echavarria; Ross Firsenbaum; Cynthia Glassman; Angela and Dan Goelzer; Willis Gradison; Kathleen Graham; Anne Hunter; Ede Holiday & Terry Adamson; Steve & Amy Kroll; Bob Kueppers; Neil Lang; Simon Lorne; Ronald Long; David Lynn; The Macey Family; James McConnell; Mary McCue; Catherine McGuire; William McLucas; Barry Rashkover; Vanessa Ruiz and David Birenbaum; Mary Schapiro; Robert Shore; Lisa Soeder; Chester Spatt; Barbara Sullivan; Tu Tha; Linda Thomsen; John L. and Marree Townsend; Vanda Pharmaceuticals


Circle Level Donors in 2023

1934 Circle

Gifts and Grants of $25,000 and More
Meredith B. Cross; Deloitte & Touche LLP; Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (combined WilmerHale gifts of Stephanie Avakian, Meredith B. Cross, Alex Bahn, Ashley Bashur, Joe Brenner, Lily Brown, Mark Cahn, Andrew Rhys Davies, Lorraine B. Echavarria, Ross Firsenbaum, Joel S. Green, Dan Halston, Franca Harris Gutierrez, Mike Held, Ron Machen, William R. McLucas,  Elizabeth Mitchell, Andre E. Owen, Bill Paine, Timothy J. Perla, Jonathan S. Pressman, Nicole Rabner, Anjan Sahni, Susan A. Schroeder, Tom Strickland)

FDR Circle

Gifts and Grants of $10,000 to $24,999
Susan G. Markel; McDermott Will & Emery LLP; PwC; SIFMA; Linda Thomsen; The Winston Foundation, Inc.

Chairmen Circle

Gifts and Grants of $5,000 to $9,999
Allen & Overy LLP; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP; William R. Baker III; Alan Beller; FINRA; Robert W. Downes and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Angela and Dan Goelzer; Jones Day; King & Spalding LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; Ronald C. Long; Simon Lorne; David Lynn; Joan E. McKown; William McLucas; Annette L. Nazareth and the Ferguson/Nazareth Family Charitable Fund; Shelley Parratt; PNC Foundation; RSM US LLP; Barry W. Rashkover; The Sidley Austin Foundation; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Claudius O. Sokenu; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

June 6th Circle

Gifts and Grants of $2,500 to $4,999
Baker McKenzie; James W. Barratt; James R. Burns, Peter K.M. Chan; Charles River Associates; Kimberley S. Drexler; Jones Day; Michael Maloney; Hogan Lovells (US) LLP; David B.H. Martin; Vanessa Ruiz and David Birenbaum; Mary Schapiro; John W. White; Mary Jo White

Commissioners Circle

Gifts and Grants of $1,000 to $2,499
Luis A. Aguilar; Stephanie Avakian; Mary Elizabeth Ball and the Mary Elizabeth Ball Charitable Gift Fund; Kenneth J. Berman; G Jeffrey Boujoukos; Joe Brenner; Mark Cahn; Chevron; Jina Choi; Stephen L. Cohen; Robert L.D. Colby; Douglas J. Davison; Lori Echavarria; Daniel Gallagher; Elizabeth P. Gray; Merri Jo Gillette; Cynthia A. and Leonard M. Glassman Fund; Angela and Dan Goelzer; Daniel Hawke; Robert W. Helm; Diana B. Henriques; Consuelo Hitchcock; Arian June; Roberta Karmel; Richard Ketchum; Robert Kueppers; Arthur Laby; Marc Leaf; Locke Lord LLP; David M. Lynn; Thomas J. McGonigle; Kathryn McGrath; Catherine McGuire; Charles Niemeier; John Okray; Bill Paine; Robert Plaze; Lori A. Richards; Kristofer K. Swanson; Jerome Tomas; John L. and Marree Townsend; Joseph Ucuzoglu; Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Erica Y. Williams

Directors Circle

Gifts and Grants of $500 to $999
Barry P. Barbash; Robin M Bergen; Alan J. Berkeley; Lily Brown; Robert Bunnen; Jane Cobb; Merritt A. Cole; Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy N. Zimmermann; Andrew Rhys Davies; Jackson Day; Gary Goldsholle; Willis "Bill" Gradison Jr.; K. Susan Grafton; Kathleen Graham; Joel Green; Linda Griggs; Parveen Gupta; John Huber; Ede Holiday & Terry Adamson; M. Alexander Koch; Amy & Steve Kroll; Neil Lang; Aaron W. Lipson; The Macey Family Fund; Ron Machen; Michael Mann and Carol Salzman; Haimavathi V. Marlier; Michael McCoy; Elizabeth Mitchell; Lona Nallengara; Andre Owens; David Paulukaitis; Tim Perla; Jonathan Pressman; Sheldon L. Ray; Steve and Lori Scholes; Susan Schroeder; Starr Sommer; Larry Sonsini; James F. Tierney; David Thelander; James F. Tierney; John H. Walsh

Friends Circle

Gifts and Grants of $1 to $499
Alex Bahn; Ashley Bashur; Benjamin Bernstein; Fred Block; Lewis W. Brothers; W. Hardy Callcott and Nancy Spencer; Gerard Citera; Eric Chaffee; Stacy Chittick; Howard B. Dicker; Alan Dye; Lisa Fairfax; Ross Firsenbaum; Bruce S. Foerster; Karen J. Garnett; Andrew Z. Glickman; Eugene Goldman, Franca Harris Gutierrez; Susan Graham and Edwin J. Harron; Brian Hoffman; Keir Gumbs; Dan Halston; Kimberly Hamm; Mike Held; David Hensler, Carl Hoecker; Brian Neil Hoffman; Richard R. Howe Foundation; Anne Hunter; Jean Javorski; Mark N. Kaplan; Stuart Kaswell; Stanley Keller; Ann Kim; William H Kimball; Captain Philip L. and Melinda Kirstein; Stephen A. Kohn; Daniel Kolber; Susan Koski Grafer; Richard and Susan Leisner; Joan Liggett; James McConnell; James McKinney; Mary McCue; Michael E McTiernan; Richard Nesson; Joseph K. Pascale; Robert Pisani; John Polanin Jr.; Alan C. Porter; Tiffany Posil; Nicole Rabner; Tom Riesenberg; Richard Rowe; Brian L. Rubin; Anjan Sahni; Daniel Schatz; Robert Shore; Lisa Soeder; Chester Spatt; Cecile Z. Srodes; Robert D. Strahota; Barbara Sullivan; Paul Summergrad; Diana Tani; Tu Tha; Peter Unger; Kevin Vaughn: Robert H. Werbel; Jennet Zundel

Gifts in Honor / In Memory

Mickey Beach

Richard and Susan Leisner

The Honorable Paul Carey

William R. Baker III

Jane O. Cobb

Kathleen Graham
Joan E. McKown
Daniel Schatz

Martin “Marty” P. Dunn

David B.H. Martin 
Joseph K. Pascale

John R. Evans

Eugene Goldman

Rory C. Flynn

K. Susan Grafton

Scott Friestad

Linda Thomsen

Carmen Gumbs

Keir Gumbs

Isaac C. Hunt, Jr.

Ronald C. Long

Alan Levenson

Richard Nesson

Mark Lineberry

Ronald C. Long

Sydney H. Mendelsohn

Captain Phillip L. and Melinda Kirstein

Bill Morley

Richard and Susan Leisner

Martha Platt

Ronald C. Long

Irving "Irv" M. Pollack

Joan Liggett
Linda Thomsen
Captain Philip L. and Melinda Kirstein

Giovanni P. Prezioso

James R. Burns
Lori A. Richards
Linda Thomsen

Brice Prince

A former TM colleague

Linda Quinn

Kimberley S. Drexler

Ellen Ross

Ronald C. Long

Diane Sanger

Kimberley S. Drexler

AA. Sommer Jr.

Starr Sommer

Stanley Sporkin

Linda Thomsen

Carol A. Stacey

David M. Lynn
Karen J. Garnett

Eric Summergrad

Paul Summergrad

Barton J. Winkour

Robert W. Helm

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