emeritus
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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 results are a surprise. They turn our understanding of the evolution of the eye and the brain upside down," says Dan-E Nilsson, professor emeritus in sensory biology at Lund University.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Mr. Sullivan, emeritus professor of English at Rider University, is the author of “Hitchcock’s Music.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
That translated into a surge in jet fuel prices that proved to be "the straw that broke the camel's back," said Jan Brueckner, emeritus economics professor at the University of California, Irvine.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
The President emeritus of the Ricks' interests was not destined to uninterrupted cogitation, however.
From The Go-Getter by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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