{{Short description|American author and lawyer (born 1934)}} '''Bevis Longstreth Jr.''' (born January 29, 1934) is an American retired lawyer and former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. He practiced law as a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, and taught on the faculty of Columbia Law School.
==Career== Longstreth served as a First Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps from 1956 to 1958, before attending Harvard Law School and attaining his Juris Doctor.
Longstreth was a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton before being made a member of the SEC from 1981 to 1984.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/13/business/business-people-longstreth-democrat-leave-sec-early-bevis-longstreth-democratic.html|title=BUSINESS PEOPLE Longstreth, a Democrat, To Leave S.E.C. Early|date=1983-12-12|work=New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/14/us/briefing-175866.html|title=BRIEFING|last1=Farrell|first1=William E.|date=1984-01-13|work=New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|last2=Weaver Jr.|first2=Warren|publication-date=1984-01-14|language=en}}</ref> Longstreth returned to Debevoise & Plimpton after leaving the SEC, working there for another ten years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/01/business/business-people-215841.html|title=BUSINESS PEOPLE|last=Cuff|first=Daniel F.|date=1984-01-31|access-date=2018-05-07|publication-date=1984-02-01|language=en}}</ref>
In 1994, Longstreth became an adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Law, teaching the regulation of financial institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.debevoise.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?id=6c90e2ca-c5e4-4eaf-8a09-2361a47748a7|title = Bevis Longstreth}}</ref> He has been a frequent speaker and lecturer on various securities and corporate law topics. He has served on various boards throughout his career, including the American Stock Exchange, the Council on Foreign Relations, Symphony Space, the New School University and The Highlands Current newspaper.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/08/arts/news-of-music-grant-to-aid-orchestra-commissions.html|title=NEWS OF MUSIC; GRANT TO AID ORCHESTRA COMMISSIONS|last=Rockwell|first=John|date=8 October 1981 |access-date=2018-05-07|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=L |title=Membership Roster |access-date=2017-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111055805/http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=L |archive-date=2017-01-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://highlandscurrent.com/about/ |title=About - Highlands Current |access-date=2017-05-11 }}</ref>. He has served in executive roles for INVESCO, the College Retirement Equities Fund, and GMO. He also served on the Pension Finance Committee of the World Bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiff.org/TEF/seminars/seminar2007.html |title=TIFF Education Foundation |access-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015161714/http://www.tiff.org/TEF/seminars/seminar2007.html |archive-date=2008-10-15 }}</ref>
Longstreth has also written five books. He wrote the economics book ''Modern Investment Management and the Prudent Man Rule'' (1986) during his career and four works of historical fiction since retiring as a lawyer: ''Spindle and Bow'' (2005), ''Return of the Shade'' (2009), ''Boats Against the Current'' (2016) and ''Chains Across the River'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/364901.Bevis_Longstreth|title=Bevis Longstreth|access-date=2026-05-27|language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Longstreth was born in 1934 in New Jersey, as one of five children to Mary and Bevis Longstreth Sr.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/24/archives/the-elation-and-agony-of-a-firsttime-starter.html|title=The Elation and Agony Of a First ‐Time Starter|last=Winfrey|first=Carey|date=1977-10-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/22/business/business-people-major-issues-clear-to-sec-nominee.html|title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; MAJOR ISSUES CLEAR TO S.E.C. NOMINEE|last=Sloane|first=Leonard|newspaper=The New York Times |date=22 June 1981 |access-date=2018-05-07|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qG_5K_s3a-gC&q=bevis+longstreth+salt&pg=PA1244|title=Prominent Families of New Jersey|last=Myers|first=William Starr|date=2000|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806350363|language=en}}</ref> Bevis Longstreth, Sr. was an industrialist who founded Thiokol Corporation and served as the company's president from 1929 to his death in 1944.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJBFAQAAMAAJ&q=western+salt+company+bevis+morton&pg=PA377|title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society|date=1918|publisher=Kansas State Historical Society.|language=en}}</ref>
Longstreth married Clara St. John in 1963, with whom he had three children.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/11/archives/clara-s-st-john-is-attended-by-6-at-her-wedding-teacher-is-married.html|title=Clara S. St. John Is Attended by 6 At Her Wedding; Teacher Is Married in Weston, Mass., Church to Bevis Longstreth|date=1963-08-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, the couple had nine grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/science/norway-in-push-against-climate-change-will-divest-from-coal.html|title=Norway Will Divest From Coal in Push Against Climate Change|last=Schwartz|first=John|date=2015-06-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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