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Adlai E. Stevenson III, a former US Senator, is Chairman of SC&M Investment Management Company, founder and a Director of Hua Mei Capital Company, the first PR China investment in the US financial service sector, and Chairman of the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy.
Stevenson is a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean war, former Clerk to a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and former Partner in the law firm of Mayer, Brown. A lifetime political reformer, he served in the Illinois House of Representatives 1965 - 67, winning a “Best Legislator” award from the Independent Voters of Illinois, and as Illinois State Treasurer, 1967-70, where he quadrupled earnings on the investment of State funds while cutting the budget each year. In 1970, Adlai E. Stevenson III, a former US Senator, is Chairman of SC&M Investment Management Company, founder and a Director of Hua Mei Capital Company, the first PR China investment in the US financial service sector, and Chairman of the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy.
Stevenson is a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean war, former Clerk to a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and former Partner in the law firm of Mayer, Brown. A lifetime political reformer, he served in the Illinois House of Representatives 1965 - 67, winning a “Best Legislator” award from the Independent Voters of Illinois, and as Illinois State Treasurer, 1967-70, where he quadrupled earnings on the investment of State funds while cutting the budget each year. In 1970, he was elected to the unexpired balance of deceased Senator Everett Dirksen’s term in the U.S. Senate and was re elected in 1974, both times by record breaking margins. He retired from the Senate in 1981. He was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1982 and 1986.
In the Senate Stevenson served on the Commerce Committee (Chairman of the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space), Banking Committee (Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Finance) and Intelligence Committee (Chairman, Subcommittee on the Collection and Production of Intelligence). He served as the first Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and Chairman of a Special Committee which led the first reorganization of the Senate since its Committee system was formed in the early 19th Century. He also served as the most junior member of the Senate Majority’s Policy Committee.
In the Senate, Stevenson co authored the energy legislation of the mid 1970's, including legislation to establish the Department of Energy, fuel and energy efficiency standards, emergency natural gas pricing and projects for development of alternative energy sources. He authored the Stevenson Wydler Technology Innovation Act and companion Bayh Dole Act which spurred cooperative research and the technological innovation which followed in the ‘90’s. He authored the Export Trading Company Act and International Banking Act. He also authored ethics legislation and conducted the first Congressional in depth studies of terrorism, introducing the Comprehensive Anti Terrorism Act of 1979 with predictions of “spectacular acts of destruction and disruption” and an “an international terrorist scene.” He authored the Arab Anti Boycott Law which made it unlawful for Americans to participate in the Arab boycott of Israel, but his attempt to distance the US from the settlements policy of the Likkud government of Israel led to his defeat in the 1982 election for Governor of Illinois. Though the election was virtually tied and evidence of widespread election irregularities, including the failed punch card ballots,, was presented to the Illinois Supreme Court, it denied his request for a recount by one vote under suspicious circumstances. He was renominated by the Democratic Party for Governor in 1986, but candidates of the LaRouche cult were nominated for Lt. Governor and Secretary of State, forcing him to resign the nomination and run as a third Party candidate. He won 40% of the vote, thus ending his active political career, though party leaders tried to persuade him to run for governor again in 2002.
Since living in London in 1945-6 where he attended Harrow School, Stevenson has traveled, worked and served in many capacities in more than 80 countries. His private sector career has focused on international matters, especially international finance and East Asia. He is a past President of the US Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, former Co Chairman of the East Asia Financial Markets Development Project, Former President and Chairman of the Japan America Society of Chicago, former Chairman of the Midwest US Japan Association, a Member of the US Korea Wisemen Council, Member of the Advisory Board of the ...more

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	The Black Book: American Politics and History as Experienced by Five Generations of an American Family 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Man For All People: A Pictorial Biography of (Senator) Hubert H. Humphrey by Ralph G. Martin, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Collaborator), Adlai E. Stevenson III (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tranquil Trails by John W. Malo, Adlai E. Stevenson III (Goodreads Author) (introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars