Diane Sanger and the SEC

Back in the 1980s, I worked in the counseling side of the General Counsel's Office at the SEC.  My boss was Diane Sanger, then an Assistant General Counsel.  She was one of, if not the smartest person I knew at the Commission and tough as nails, not something that earned her kudos with everyone in the Agency.  When we talked about pretty much every legal issue (and the 1980s was the era of takeovers, insider trading and the disclosure of merger negotiations), she would profess to wonder why corporate disclosure was such a tough issue.  She would sum it up by saying "Just tell the truth."

It was with great sadness that I only learned that Diane passed away in December, apparently unexpectedly, at the terribly young age of 55.  There will be a memorial at the SEC in April.  She was a good mentor and someone that embodied the goals and philosophy of the SEC at its best.

Comments

[Broc Romanek]

Thanks for letting us know. I also worked with Diane and found her to be one of the straightest shooters in the building. She was gracious to me, as a young lawyer daunted with the task of working on a report to Congress. We will miss her.

[Bill Dugan]

I think I remember her. What the hell happened? She was only 55? It kind of makes you think what the hell are we doing on this frigging planet anyway if we're gonna drop dead so soon. This stinks. My sympathies to the family and to the SEC. They can use good people more these days than ever.