Joseph L. Searles III
Template:Short description Joseph Louis Searles III (January 2, 1942 – July 26, 2021) was the first black floor member and floor broker in the New York Stock Exchange.[1]
Searles was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated and played football at Kansas State University, then played professionally for the New York Giants.[2] He subsequently became an aide to New York mayor John Lindsay.[2] He was a member of the Stock Exchange Luncheon Club and the New York Young Republican Club.[3][4] He worked as a floor partner in the firm of Neuberger, Loeb and Company. In February 1970, he became the first black member of the NYSE. He later earned a law degree from Georgetown University.[5]
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- ↑ Bell, Gregory S. (2002). Joe Searles. In In the Black: A History of African Americans on Wall Street. John Wiley and Sons. p. 143. Template:ISBN. Google Book Search. Retrieved on January 3, 2010.
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