It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Bob Glauber on February 14, 2021.

He was an accomplished scholar and public servant who dedicated his life to improving the world around him. He is very much missed.

Tribute from HKS Dean Doug Elmendorf | Harvard Gazette

Robert Glauber

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 his long and successful scholarship and teaching which characterized his career at Harvard. Mr. Glauber was an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 2007 and 2009. Previous to that, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NASD (now FINRA) and served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Finance from 1989 to 1992. He had also been a Professor of Finance at the Harvard Business School for 25 years.

In 1987-1988, 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; and served as Chairman of the Board of XL Group, plc (an insurance company) and Northeast Bancorp (a commercial bank based in New England), a director of Moody's Corp. and a member of the Trustees that oversee the International Accounting Standards Board. He has previously served on the board of Freddie Mac. He was a graduate of Harvard College and had a doctorate from Harvard Business School.

Previous honorees who have delivered the Glauber Lecture include:

2020: Eric Rosengren, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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2019Heath Tarbert, Chairman and Chief Executive, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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2018: Sir Paul Tucker, M-RCBG Research Fellow and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council
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2016: Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency
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2015: Barney Frank, United States House of Representatives (1981-2013); Chairman, House Financial Services Committee (2007-2011)
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2013: Gary Gensler, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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2012: Ed Haldeman, former CEO of Freddie Mac
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2011: Douglas Shulman, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
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2010: Sheila Bair, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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2009: Mary Schapiro, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
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2007: 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.