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February 28, 1945, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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May 30, 2023, Washington, D.C. (aged 78)
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Harvey Pitt (born February 28, 1945, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died May 30, 2023, Washington, D.C.) American jurist who was associated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for more than three decades, serving as its chairman in 2001–03. Pitt earned an undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1965 and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, Jamaica, Queens, New York, in 1968. For the next 10 years, he worked as an attorney for the SEC. In 1975, at age 29, he was named the SEC’s youngest-ever general counsel, a post ...(100 of 393 words)

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