William H. Donaldson

He served as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs in the Nixon Administration, as a special adviser to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and chairman, President and CEO of Aetna.

[3][4] He served in the United States Marine Corps as a first lieutenant in Japan and Korea (1953–55), as a rifle platoon commander and later as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General of the 1st Provisional Marine Air Ground Task Force.

[5][6][7][8] Donaldson began his career at G. H. Walker & Co., a banking and brokerage firm.

[10][11] According to Lee Tom Perry, a former Brigham Young University professor of strategy and organizational behavior, Donaldson had a vision of Yale's management program forming students who could easily and seamlessly flow between public and private management roles.

[12] The first graduating class almost all took positions in business, with almost none taking jobs with government.

Donaldson is sworn in as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in February 2003