Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. '62, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the second African American to graduate from the Law School, returned to Virginia March 19-21, 1998, to lecture in two classes and to meet with students and faculty.

Hunt was the first alumnus to return to the Law School through the Profiles from Practice program, which arranges visits from graduates who have achieved particular distinction and whose careers are likely to interest current students. During his visit, Hunt lectured in Professor Paul Mahoney's Securities class and in Professor Kevin Kordana's Corporations class. He met with students, faculty, and staff at a Public Interest reception, where he joined Linda A. Fairstein '72, chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit of the New York County district attorney's office. Hunt also was guest speaker at a luncheon, where he talked informally with students, faculty, and staff.

Prior to his appointment to the SEC, Hunt served as dean of the University of Akron School of Law and the Antioch School of Law. A former deputy general counsel for the Department of the Army, he practiced with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, DC. Hunt authored "The Aftermath of Disorder," a portion of the 1968 report by the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission. He also wrote "Minority Recruiting in the New York City Police Department," a report issued in 1971 by the RAND Corporation and led an executive session at the Aspen Institute in 1969. Hunt has spoken extensively on civil rights, legal education, and securities law in the United States, Russia, Mexico, Venezuela, and other countries.

Before entering the Law School in 1959, Hunt studied architecture at Columbia University. He entered Fisk University at the age of 15, graduating with a double major in math and economics in 1957.