emeritus
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Mr. Naiden, now a professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, gives us a vivid feeling for both the drudgery and the danger of life working on the subway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Mr. Page is a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Professor David Voas, emeritus professor of social science at University College London, was one of those who raised suspicion over the Bible Society's findings.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
"That would have been an important specimen," said Freeman, lead author of the study and a senior public service associate emeritus at the UGA Odum School of Ecology.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
Jack Holton greeted a number of old friends on his way to the bank, but the president emeritus of the college cut him.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana
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