Barbara S. Thomas Barbara S. Thomas was swom in as a member of the Commission in a White House ceremony held October 21, 1980. The 58th person appointed to the Commission, she is now serving for the term of office expiring June 5, 1985. A corporate and securities lawyer, Ms. Thomas became a partner of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, a New York law firm, in January 1978. She had been an associate of the firm since 1973 and an associate of the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison firm, also of New York, from September 1969 to April 1973. Ms. Thomas is a member of the Securities Regulation Committee of the New York State Bar Association, the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the American Bar Association, and the International Bar Association. In addition, prior to joining the Com. mission, Ms. Thomas was Chairman of the Corporation Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Council on Admissions, the Economic Club of New York, and the Financial Women's Association of New York. She also serves as a Trustee for the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association of New York City. Ms. Thomas was born in New York City on December 28, 1946. She is a graduate of New York University School of Law, J.D. 1969, cum laude, where she placed second in a class of 323, was a member of the Order of the Coif, and was an editor of the New York University Law Review. A John Norton Pomeroy Scholar, she received the Jefferson Davis Prize in Public Law and American Jurisprudence Prizes for Excellence in 15 (out of 28) subjects, and was on the Dean's List every semester. In 1966, she earned a B.A., cum laude, in history from the University of Pennsylvania. Bevis Longstreth Bevis Longstreth took the oath of office as the 60th member of the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1981, filling a term which expires on June 5, 1982. Since 1962, Mr. Longstreth has practiced law with the New York firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. He was admitted to partnership in that firm in 1970. He specializes in corporate securities and real estate finance law, bankruptcy and business work-outs and not-for-profit law. Mr. Longstreth was a Lecturer at Columbia Law School from 1975 until his appointment to the Commission, teaching a seminar on the corporation in modern society. He has lectured on various securities and corporate law topics at the Practising Law Institute and other seminars and has written numerous articles on business-related subjects. Mr. Longstreth has served on the boards of a number of charitable and educational organizations active in the New York area. Mr. Longstreth was born in New York City in 1934 and grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University in 1956 (B.S.E.) and from Harvard Law School in 1961 (LL.B). From 1956 to 1958 he served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Issuer Repurchases Short Tendering of Securities Market Manipulation ..... Regulation of Brokers, Dealers, Municipal Securities Dealers and Transfer 1 1 1 3 345555 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 Surveillance and Compliance Inspections Market Oversight Surveillance System 9 11 Trust Indenture Act of 1939 Studies Involving Small Issuers. Proposed Amendments to Rule 13e-3. International Corporation Finance Other Rule-Making Retail Repurchase Agreements Other Interpretive Releases Accounting Matters... Oversight of the Accounting Profession SEC Practice Section. 22 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 ... (1) Financial Reporting Practices for Oil and Gas Producers. Standard of Proof in Enforcement Proceedings.... Scope of Commission's Investigatory and Enforcement Authority 69 70 .... 71 71 Exhaustion of Remedies Tender Offer Litigation. Regulatory Litigation.... Public Utility Holding Companies Composition Financing... Exemptive Rules Adopted .... 75 |