Former Rep. Mike Oxley Dies at 71
New York — Mike Oxley, the former Ohio congressman who co-sponsored the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring corporate executives to vouch for company financials in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals, has died at age 71. He died Jan. 1 in McLean, Va., according to his wife, Patricia Oxley. The cause was non-small cell lung cancer, which can afflict nonsmokers. A Republican, he served 12 terms in the House of...
