As we celebrate our 50th anniversary it is fitting that the FIA institute this Hall of Fame to celebrate the accomplishments and recognize the significant contributions individuals have made to the futures and options industry,” said FIA President John Damgard. “I have no doubt that the next 50 years will bring as many changes to our industry as the last 50, but one thing will remain constant--our respect and gratitude to the individuals who laid the foundation for our extraordinary success.”
The initial 55 honorees are:
John F. Benjamin, former executive vice president, Salomon Smith Barney
Lloyd C. Blankfein, president and chief operating officer, Goldman Sachs & Co.
D. Keith Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer, Campbell & Co.
Max C. Chapman Jr., former co-chairman and chief executive officer, Nomura Securities International
* John J. Conheeney, former chairman, Merrill Lynch Futures
* Michael C. Dawley, managing director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Thomas H. Dittmer, founder, Refco
Barbara S. Dixon, president, Spackenkill Trading Corp.
Senator Robert J. Dole, former Kansas Senator and Senate Majority Leader
Thomas R. Donovan, former president and chief executive officer, Chicago Board of Trade
Marcy Engel, managing director and general counsel, Eton Park Capital Management
Robert B. Feduniak, former managing director, Morgan Stanley
* W. Robert Felker, managing director, futures and options, J.P. Morgan Futures Inc.
* David R. Ganis, former president, Northern Futures
* John T. Geldermann, founder, Geldermann & Co. and former chairman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
John F. Gilmore, Jr., former partner, Goldman Sachs & Co. and former chairman, Chicago Board of Trade
Alan Greenspan, chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
* Hal T. Hansen, former president, Cargill Investor Services
John W. Henry, chairman, John W. Henry & Co. Inc.
* Ronald M. Hersch, senior managing director, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.
Dr. Henry Jarecki, founder, Mocatta Metals Inc., founder, Brody White & Co.
Michael N. Jenkins, former chief executive officer, London International Financial Futures Exchange
Paul Tudor Jones II, chairman, Tudor Investment Corporation
* Peter F. Karpen, former director, futures and options, Credit Suisse First Boston
* George D. F. Lamborn, former senior executive vice president, Shearson Hayden Stone
* Jack H. Lehman III, former senior executive vice president, Salomon Smith Barney
Barry J. Lind, founder, Lind-Waldock
* Arthur R. Marcus, former director, commodity division, Paine Webber
Leo Melamed, chairman emeritus, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
* Laurence E. Mollner, former president, Carr Futures
Dennis M. Murray, vice president, J.P. Morgan Futures
Charles P. Nastro, former managing director, Lehman Brothers
Michael G. Philipp, chairman and chief executive officer, CSFB Europe, Middle East & Africa
Dr. Susan M. Phillips, dean, George Washington University School of Business and Public Management
Ivers W. Riley, chairman, International Securities Exchange
Leslie Rosenthal, founder, Rosenthal Collins Group
Thomas A. Russo, vice chairman and chief legal officer, Lehman Brothers Inc.
Dr. Richard L. Sandor, chairman and chief executive officer, Chicago Climate Exchange
Mary L. Schapiro, vice chairman and president, regulatory policy and oversight, National Association of Securities Dealers
* John P. Sievwright, chief operating officer, global markets and investment banking, Merrill Lynch
Craig F. Smithson, former executive director, UBS
* Steven D. Spence, former managing director, Merrill Lynch
John H. Stassen, retired senior partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Olof Stenhammar, chairman, OMX AB
* Howard A. Stotler, former partner, Stotler & Co.
Dennis A. Suskind, former head of metals trading, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Paula A. Tosini, former executive vice president, Institute for Financial Markets
Kenneth G. Tropin, founder and chairman, Graham Capital Management
Frederick G. Uhlmann, senior vice president, Man Financial and former chairman,
Chicago Board of Trade
* David J. Vogel, managing director, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
F. Helmut Weymar, former chairman and chief executive officer, Commodities Corporation
Robert K. Wilmouth, former president, National Futures Association
John A. Wing, former chief executive officer, The Chicago Corporation
Benjamin Wolkowitz, former managing director, Morgan Stanley
* former chairman of the FIA
FIA is the national trade organization for the futures industry. Its membership includes more than 40 of the largest futures commission merchants. FIA estimates that its members are responsible for more than 90% of all public customer business executed on U.S. contract markets.
