Andrew Downey Orrick
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PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byA.J. Goodwin, Jr.
Succeeded byHarold C. Patterson
BornOctober 18, 1917
Andrew Downey Orrick | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| In office May 26, 1955 - July 15, 1960 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | A.J. Goodwin, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Harold C. Patterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 18, 1917 |
| Died | January 27, 2008 (aged 90) |
Andrew Downey Orrick (October 18, 1917 – January 27, 2008) was an American financier who was a partner with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and the acting chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in San Francisco in the 1950s.
He was born on October 18, 1917, in San Francisco, California, to William Horsley Orrick Sr. He had a brother, William Horsley Orrick Jr. Downey graduated from Yale University in 1940, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1] At Yale, while playing for the Yale baseball team, he hit the longest home run. He served during World War II, then attended UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.
