Stephen J. Friedman (born March 19, 1938) is the former commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and seventh president of Pace University from 2007 to 2017.
[1][2] Prior to that, Friedman has served as dean of the Pace Law School,[3] and senior partner and co-chairman of Debevoise & Plimpton.
On February 1, 2017, Friedman urged New York to increase student financial aid to both public and private universities.
[4] In 1959, Friedman earned an AB from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
[6] Friedman was a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and resigned in 1981 at the end of his term.