Matsui Lecturer
Michael G. Oxley
The 2010-11 Matsui Lecturer
"Financial Emergency: The Crises that Began and Ended the Decade"
Wednesday, April 6, 4 pm
webcast: Berkeley Law
The Honorable Michael G. Oxley delivered the third Matsui Lecture in April of 2011. The author of one of the most important financial regulation laws in American history -- the Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- spoke about the fiscal crashes that ended the dot-com bubble and that once again have plunged the economy into recession.
A former FBI Agent, Michael G. Oxley was elected to the House of Representatives from Ohio's fourth district in 1981. He eventually went on to serve as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee from 2001 to 2006, and is best known for his co-authorship of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Oxley led the panel through the aftermath of the tech bubble, the difficult post-9/11 period, and the rash of corporate scandals early in the decade that destroyed investor confidence and sent the markets into a tailspin.
Pictures from Congressman Oxley's April 2011 week in residency:
- Oxley meets with BerkeleyLaw students.
- Oxley meets with grad students at IGS reception.
- Congressman Oxley delivers the Matsui Lecture.
- Matsui Center Director Ethan Rarick introduces Congressman Oxley at the April 6 lecture.
Past Matsui Lecturers
2009-10 Lecturer: Victor H. Fazio
2008-09 Lecturer: James A. Leach
About the Matsui Lecture
The Matsui Lecture is delivered each year by a distinguished former Member of Congress who spends a week in residency on the Berkeley campus. The Lectureship honors the legacy of Robert T. Matsui, a Cal graduate who served in Congress for more than a quarter century, building a reputation for bipartisanship and substantive policy achievement. That legacy is also honored by the University's Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, which seeks to engage Cal undergraduates in public service through the presence of distinguished visitors to campus, public programs exploring important issues, and internship programs offering experiential learning. The Matsui Center is a component of the UC-Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, the state's oldest public policy research center.
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