emeritus
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Mr. Scott is an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School and director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
In “The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France,” Jeremy D. Popkin, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Kentucky, reconstructs the intricate political debates that preceded the 1794 law.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Jan Brueckner, emeritus economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, told AFP last week that the fuel price surge was "the straw that broke the camel's back."
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
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
From 1894 he lived in London as emeritus professor, being also a fellow of King’s College.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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