Annual Robert Glauber Lecture

This annual lecture honors Robert Glauber and his long record of distinguished contributions to the U.S. and world financial systems, as well as long and successful scholarship and teaching, which have characterized his career at Harvard. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 2007 and 2009. Previously, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, since renamed the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA). Prior to becoming an officer at NASD, he was a Lecturer at the Kennedy School from 1992 to 2000, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Finance from 1989 to 1992 and a Professor of Finance at the Harvard Business School for 25 years.

In 1987-88, Mr. Glauber served as Executive Director of the Task Force (Brady Commission) appointed by President Reagan to report on the October 1987 stock market crash. He has served on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and has been a director of Moody’s Corp. and Freddie Mac, as well as Interim Co-Chairman of the Trustees who appoint and oversee the International Accounting Standards Board. Mr. Glauber received his doctorate from Harvard Business School.

Honorees who have delivered the Glauber Lecture include:

Sheila Bair2012: Ed Haldeman, former CEO of Freddie Mac
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Douglas Shulman2011: Douglas Shulman, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
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Sheila Bair2010: Sheila Bair, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Mary Shapiro2009: Mary Schapiro, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
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Christopher Cox2007: Christopher Cox, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission.
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M-RCBG is grateful to NASD (now FINRA) for its generous contribution of an endowment which has made this lecture series possible.

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