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UNC's Williams, who came to the university after a distinguished tenure at Kansas, tops the rankings, at the top or very near it in every category.
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Last Tuesday, after the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, in a unanimous vote, gave Park51 a green light, Mayor Michael Bloomberg celebrated the occasion with a speech that, in its gruff eloquence, will be remembered as a high point in his distinguished tenure.
No one has a problem with Park51.Last Tuesday, after the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, in a unanimous vote, gave Park51 a green light, Mayor Michael Bloomberg celebrated the occasion with a speech that, in its gruff eloquence, will be remembered as a high point in his distinguished tenure.
The move brings an end to Ms. Givhan's long and distinguished tenure at The Post and gives Ms. Brown her first marquee hire since The Daily Beast and Newsweek agreed to combine operations under her stewardship.
His distinguished tenure as Dean at Harvard produced an array of innovations and enhancements, including the addition of a compulsory extra fifth year of dental school, during which students could elect either to do research or obtain an advanced degree; diversification of the student body; and establishment of a combined MD/DDS program in oral surgery together with Harvard Medical School.
Christoph von Dohnanyi has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra since 1984 and it has been among the world's best during his distinguished tenure.
During his distinguished tenure as Mr. Clinton's Forest Service chief, Mike Dombeck managed to keep the drillers at bay.
Despite the lengthy and generally distinguished tenure of Lee E. Koppelman as the board's unpaid executive director, a post he has held since 1965, the board has long struggled to see its recommendations enacted on the local level.
During his distinguished tenure as Chairman of Lincoln Center from 1986 to 1994, George oversaw the construction of the Samuel B. and David Rose Building and united all twelve Lincoln Center constituents in an unprecedented mutual programming venture, the 19-month Mozart Bicentennial.
His longest and most distinguished tenure was with the Oregon Symphony, where he was music director from 1980 to 2003, a period when that orchestra gained national and international renown.
Among other signs of good faith from the university, Theidon was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and then assigned an endowed designation of John J. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, which a confidential document shared with HuffPost stated was a position for the "most distinguished tenure -track [Harvard] faculty".
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The phrase "a distinguished tenure" functions as a descriptive term, typically acting as a noun phrase that modifies a subject. As Ludwig AI highlights, it indicates that someone's time in a position was marked by excellence and significant accomplishments. This is supported by examples where it describes impactful roles such as a dean at Harvard or a Forest Service chief.
Expression frequency: Common
