Irving M. Pollack, a former SEC Commissioner who also served as the agency’s first director of the Enforcement Division, passed away on July 1, 2016 at the age of 98. Pollack served at the SEC for 34 years. In a statement, SEC Chair Mary Jo White called Pollack a man of “incredible integrity” and noted that in his honor the SEC has since 1981 presented the annual “Irving M. Pollack award to an enforcement staff member who demonstrates fairness and compassion as well as a dedication to public service and the SEC.”
