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'''Andrew Downey Orrick''' (October 18, 1917 - January 27, 2008) was a partner with [[Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe]] and the acting chairman of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] in [[San Francisco]].
 
==Biography==
He was born on October 18, 1917 in [[San Francisco, California]] to [[William Horsley Orrick I]]. He spent his legal career with the firm now called [[Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe]] founded in 1885. He had a brother, [[William Horsley Orrick II]]. Downey graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1940, where he was a member of [[Skull and Bones]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Wedding On June 25 For Marjori Soule | work=[[New York Times]] | date=16 May 1952 | accessdate=April 30, 2011 | pages=17}}</ref> He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]], where he was promoted to Captain. At Yale, while playing for the [[Yale baseball team]], he hit what was considered at that time the [[longest home run]]. He served during [[World War II]], then attended [[UC Hastings College of the Law]] in [[San Francisco]]. afterHe the war andthen joined his[[Orrick, father'sHerrington law& firmSutcliffe]] in 1947.<ref name=obit/>

He was San Francisco chairman of [[Citizens for Eisenhower]] in 1952, during Dwight Eisenhower's first run for president. In 1962 he was the Northern California chairman of [[Richard Nixon]]'s campaign for governor[[Governor of California]]. He became regionalthe [[San Francisco]] administrator of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] in SanDecember Francisco in Decemberof 1954. He was renominated to athe new termposition in 1957, spent a brief period as acting chairman and served until 1960.<ref name=obit/>

He died on January 27, 2008 in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |firstauthor= [[Bob|last= Egelko|authorlink=]] |coauthors= |title=S.F. lawyer Andrew Downey Orrick dies |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/02/BAFAUQO1G.DTL&type=printable |quote=A memorial service will be held this month for Andrew Downey Orrick, member of a prominent San Francisco family of lawyers and a former member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Orrick, known as Downey, died Sunday at his San Francisco home. He was 90. |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=February 2, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-11 }}</ref>
==References==
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