emeritus
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In September, both astronauts are transitioning to emeritus status at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Mr. Worthen, an emeritus professor at the University of Nottingham who has written biographies of Robert Schumann, D.H.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
At 96, the world-famous investor will move into an advisory role as chairman emeritus and remain on the company board to offer his "judgement and perspective", according to a letter to shareholders, external.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“It was a golden age of Spanish-language newspapers in Los Angeles,” said Félix Gutiérrez, professor emeritus of journalism at USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Even after he had passed ninety, he would not claim to be emeritus, but came forward to brace his townsmen with a courage and warm them with a fire younger than their own.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
Since 2004, the Ballards, both professors emeriti of pediatrics at UC San Francisco, have been piecing together ways to restore the creek, one small project at a time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
He is the son of Dr. Judith E. Skog and Dr. Laurence E. Skog of Vienna, Va. The groom’s mother is professor emeriti in the biology department of George Mason University.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
The five additional honorary Cardinals — Archbishops and bishops emeriti, who are over the age of 80 and therefore unable to vote in papal elections — are:
From Time ● Jan. 4, 2015
A relatively low-profile member of the Kennedy family, she served on the advisory board of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and was also a director emeriti of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2011
Baseball's commissioner loves to kid Milwaukee reporters about their perceived infatuation with the , but he long has been on the Packers' board, currently listed as a director emeriti on the team's masthead.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 5, 2011
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