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SEAT ON MUTUAL FUND BOARD MEANS YOURE SITTING PRETTY: VAN KAMPEN DIRECTOR EARNS TIDY $243,375

As an accomplished corporate and securities lawyer, Wayne W. Whalen earns a handsome salary running the Chicago office…

As an accomplished corporate and securities lawyer, Wayne W. Whalen earns a handsome salary running the Chicago office of powerful New York-based law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.

But he also does well in a far less visible position as a trustee of Van Kampen American Capital’s fami

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