Manuel F. Cohen (October 9, 1912 – June 16, 1977) served as chairman of the

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between 1964 and 1969 and also served as a member from 1961 to 1969.

Life and career

Born in

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, he was a graduate of

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(B.S. 1933). During his tenure, the breadth of the prohibitions against

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, which had been developed earlier under Chairman William L. Cary, grew substantially as the SEC began to bring the key cases that developed the theories of

on which the SEC relies today. His daughter Susan Cohen married future

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Paul D. Borman in 1964.

References

External links

32nd Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission

- THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDITORS' RESPONSIBILITIES, Manuel F. Cohen (March 8, 1977) Brooklyn College alumni Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission People from Brooklyn 1912 births 1977 deaths Kennedy administration personnel Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel Nixon administration personnel {{US-gov-bio-stub