emeritus
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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
Harvey K. Rosenbaum, an emeritus clinical professor of anesthesiology at UCLA’s medical school, thanked Frenk for his “forthright statement” during public comment at this week’s UC regents meetings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mr. Sullivan is emeritus professor of English at Rider University and the author of “Hitchcock’s Music.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Tax planning for retirement involves guesses, but it’s important to make smart guesses. A lot of money is at stake,” says Edward McQuarrie, a professor emeritus at Santa Clara University who studies retirement strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dr. Wandless, the president emeritus, addressed her always as "My Lady of the Constellations," and told her solemnly that from much peering through the telescope she had coaxed the stars into her own eyes.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
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
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
On the subject of papal retirement, Pope Francis said his immediate predecessor, Pope Benedict, had “opened a door, the door of pope emeriti; only God knows if there will be others.”
From New York Times ● May 27, 2014
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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