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
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
That difference reflects a broader divide in how cities are approaching the tournament, said Dennis Deninger, professor emeritus in Syracuse University’s sports-management program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
D.Phil., professor emeritus of neuroscience, pharmacology, and psychiatry.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 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 Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
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