What is David Sturtevant Ruder?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=David Ruder | order=23rd | title=Chairman of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]] | term_start=1987 | term_end=1989 | president=[[Ronald W. Reagan]] | predecessor=[[John S.R. Shad]] | successor=[[Richard C. Breeden]] |birth_name=David Sturtevant Ruder | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|5|25}} | birth_place = [[Wausau, Wisconsin]], U.S. | death_date ={{death date and age|2020|2|15|1929|5|25}} | death_place = | occupation = | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | religion= | alma_mater= [[Williams College]]<br>[[University of Wisconsin Law School|University of Wisconsin, Madison]] }} '''David Sturtevant Ruder''' (May 25, 1929 &ndash; February 15, 2020) was an American politician and professor [[Northwestern University School of Law]], where he has served on the faculty from 1961 until his death, and where he served as [[Dean (education)|dean]] from 1977 to 1985. Ruder served as chairman of [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] from 1987 to 1989, and later practiced with the [[Chicago]]-based [[law firm]] [[Baker & McKenzie]]. He served as chairman of the [[Mutual Fund Directors Forum]], an organization providing education to independent directors of mutual funds,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/DavidRuder/|title=David S. Ruder|website=www.law.northwestern.edu}}</ref> from 2002 to 2010 and was the organization's chairman emeritus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfdf.org/about_mfdf/forum_board/ |title=About MFDF - Forum Board - MFDF |access-date=2018-05-12 |archive-date=2015-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510114718/http://www.mfdf.org/about_mfdf/forum_board/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{SEC}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruder, David Sturtevant}} [[Category:Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Lawyers from Wisconsin]] [[Category:Academics from Illinois]] [[Category: