emeritus
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Business risks can overlap, said Roger W. Ferguson Jr., vice chairman of the Business Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, and the Conference Board’s chair emeritus.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Jan Brueckner, emeritus economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, told AFP last week that the fuel price surge was "the straw that broke the camel's back."
From Barron's • May 2, 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
President Trump is listed as a co-founder emeritus, as is Steve Witkoff, the real estate developer who serves as Trump’s Middle East envoy with responsibility for negotiating a peace deal with Iran.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
The invocation was pronounced by Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president emeritus of the State University.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted
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