John Adams (Jack) Wing

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John Adams (Jack) Wing was a financial services industry leader, lawyer, regulator, brokerage executive and college professor who was the chief executive officer of the investment banking and brokerage firm The Chicago Corp., among other roles. He later was a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he founded a master's program focused on financial markets. 
In 2005, The Chicago Corporation named Wing Chairman Emeritus.
In 2005, Wing was inducted into the Futures Industry Association's Futures Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 to commemorate outstanding contributions to the global futures and options community.
== Background ==
=== Early life and education ===
John Adams Wing was born in 1935 in Elmira, New York. He graduated from Union College in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. After serving 27 months in the U.S. Army, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University Law School in 1963.
=== Career ===
Wing began working for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., first as a financial analyst and then as a trial lawyer. In 1966, he joined Investors Diversified Services in Minneapolis, where he eventually became the assistant to the president.
=== Career at A.G. Becker ===
Wing joined A.G. Becker in early 1968 as vice president and general counsel, taking over all regulatory compliance tasks and oversight of central corporate secretarial functions.
Wing designed a comprehensive compliance training program and created policy memos covering all aspects of firm compliance. He also established a system to remind personnel of compliance matters through daily BeckerBriefs newsletters.
In 1972, Wing played a crucial role in the establishment of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and planned Becker's involvement in the new exchange. Following this success, he transitioned to heading the growth and development of the Dealer Services business, which grew at about 25% per year under his guidance.
By 1978, Wing had risen to the position of president of A.G. Becker, Inc. (AGB) after the consolidation of A.G. Becker & Co. and Becker Securities Corp. He oversaw AGB's substantial investment in H.S. Kipnis, a major commodities clearing firm, which was subsequently renamed A.G. Becker-Kipnis & Co.
Wing's tenure at A.G. Becker ended in mid-September 1980 when he left the firm due to policy differences with CEO Ira Wender. Shortly after, Wing became a primary investor in and chief executive of The Chicago Corporation, which he built into an upper-medium sized and more diversified firm. Under his leadership, The Chicago Corporation was eventually sold to ABN AMRO for approximately $239 million.
=== Post Career Activity ===
After The Chicago Corp's merger with ABN AMRO Inc. in 1997, he became chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ABN AMRO. Wing left ABN AMRO to become executive director of the Center for Law and Financial Markets and also became the Frank Wakely Gunsaulus Professor of Law and Finance at IIT.
=== Industry leadership ===
Wing served on numerous industry boards, including:
*Chicago (Midwest) Stock Exchange (Director, 1974-1976)
*Chicago Board Options Exchange (Director, 1976-1978 and 1981-1998)
*National Association of Securities Dealers (Governor, 1978-1980)
*Securities Industry Association
*Futures Industry Association
*National Futures Association
He was inducted into the Futures Industry Association Hall of Fame in 2005.
=== Education ===
He returned to school in his late '60s and in 2005 received a Master's Degree in liberal arts from the University of Chicago. The subject of his thesis was "The Banality of Greed."
=== Philanthropy and civic involvement ===
Wing was deeply involved in education and the humanities in Chicago. His roles included:
*Life trustee and former board chairman of North Shore Country Day School
*Life director and former board chairman of the Illinois Humanities Council
*Board member of Rush University Medical Center, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Chicago Humanities Festival
*Visiting Committee member for the University of Chicago Division of Humanities
*Board Member of Kartemquin Films. 
He was a member of the Visiting Committee to the Division of the Humanities of the University of Chicago. He served as a director of First Chicago Bank & Trust and Columbia Acorn Investment Trust.
In 2011, Wing received the Public Humanities Award from the Illinois Humanities Council.
=== Personal life ===
Wing was married to Joan C. Wing for 47 years. They had three children and nine grandchildren. He died of cancer on August 7, 2011 in Skokie, Illinois at the age of 75.
== References ==	
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Category:National Futures Association - Former Directors
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Category:ABN AMRO - Former Employees
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