Harvey Pitt, SEC Chairman for Intense 18 Months, Dies at 78 (2)

Harvey Pitt, who led the US Securities and Exchange Commission through a tumultuous 18-month period for markets that included the 9/11 terror attacks and the Enron Corp. accounting fraud, has died. He was 78.

He died on May 30, according to Jane Cobb, executive director of the SEC Historical Society. No other details were available. In a joint statement, the current five members of the SEC said of Pitt, “Even in the last year, he has made himself available to offer advice and continued to submit comment letters on our rulemaking proposals.”

Pitt, chairman from August 2001 until February ...