founding member

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Valdes was a founding member of the Cuban Communist Party.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

She was a founding member of a nonprofit formed in 2001 to fight a housing development called Moon Camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

Vahidi was a founding member of the Revolutionary Guard after the Islamic revolution in 1979, and took charge of its intelligence branch in 1982 at age 23.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Soundgarden founding member and guitarist Kim Thayil gives us “A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond,” out on June 9.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Digby, a friend of Hobbes and a founding member of the Royal Society, played a crucial role in popularizing the word ‘fact’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton