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Contact:
Kristin Aguilera
Museum of American Financial History
Communications Director
212-908-4695
kaguilera@financialhistory.org

Self-Regulation Panel to Feature Former Exchange Heads
and Top Officials of Self-Regulatory Organizations

New York, NY – On Thursday, April 15, the SEC Historical Society, the Museum of American Financial History and the National Council on Economic Education will present “Self-Regulation and the Exchanges from an Historical Perspective,” a panel discussion examining the past, present and future of self-regulation in the securities industry.

The panel will feature former chairmen and CEOs of national and regional exchanges, as well as top officials of self-regulatory organizations. Panelists include Alger B. Chapman, former Chairman and CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange; Arthur Levitt, former Chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange (and former SEC Chairman); Gordon Macklin, former President and CEO of the NASD and NASDAQ; and William Morton, former Chairman and CEO of the Boston Stock Exchange.

The panel discussion will be held at 4:00 pm at the McGraw-Hill Companies Auditorium, 1221 Avenue of the Americas (2nd Floor) in New York City, and it will be followed by a reception from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Admission is by invitation only, but the public is invited to listen to a live broadcast of the event online at www.sechistorical.org. Members of the press are invited to attend this event. Please e-mail press@financialhistory.org to be added to our press list.

“Self Regulation and the Exchanges from an Historical Perspective” is made possible through the generous support of Pfizer, Inc. and the McGraw-Hill Companies.

About the SEC Historical Society
The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society preserves and shares the history of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the securities industry through a virtual museum of papers, photos, oral histories and online programs.

About the Museum of American Financial History
The Museum of American Financial History, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is the nation’s only independent public museum dedicated to the history of growth, opportunity, and entrepreneurship in our democratic free market economy.

About the National Council on Economic Education
The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. NCEE's mission is to help students develop the real-life skills they need to succeed: to be able to think and choose responsibly as consumers, savers, investors, citizens, members of the workforce, and effective participants in a global economy.