first chair

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That battle is still being waged and helps explain why Powell, 73 years old, will stay on the Fed’s board, the first chair to do so in more than 75 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

David Kogan has been appointed as the first chair of English football's new independent regulator.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Apparently Kim's security detail - of over 100 people - were unhappy with the first chair and another one - exactly the same - was produced by the Russian side, Kommersant said.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023

Professor Marcus Anthony Hunter, who was UCLA’s first chair of African American studies, on why the College Board’s deletions are devastating.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Linton became good, earning first chair in a jazz ensemble in junior high school and then high school, and winning scholarship opportunities to play music in college.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel