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Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Barbara S. Thomas To Be a Member.

July 29, 1980

The President today announced that he will nominate Barbara S. Thomas, of New York City, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 1985. She would replace Irving Pollack, whose term has expired. Thomas is in general corporate and securities law practice as a partner with the New York firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler.

She was born December 28, 1946, in New York City. She received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1969.

From 1969 to 1973, Thomas was an associate with the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She joined Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler as an associate in 1973 and became a partner in 1978.

Thomas is chair of the Corporation Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association and a member of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the American Bar Association and the Securities Regulation Committee of the New York State Bar Association.

Jimmy Carter, Securities and Exchange Commission Nomination of Barbara S. Thomas To Be a Member. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251265

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