emeritus

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The Phoenix cubicle boom kicked off in the 1960s, when American Express opened a regional office here, said Philip VanderMeer, an emeritus history professor at Arizona State University.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Jan Brueckner, an emeritus economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, predicted that airlines would continue to offer "basic economy" fares originally unveiled to compete with Spirit and other budget carriers.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

A professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he wrote or edited nearly 50 books and worked on documentaries for PBS, Time-Life and the BBC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

"The results are a surprise. They turn our understanding of the evolution of the eye and the brain upside down," says Dan-E Nilsson, professor emeritus in sensory biology at Lund University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

I am a professor emeritus, which means pretty nearly the same thing as a tired-out or a worn-out instructor.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)