The phrase "as distinguished for" is not correct in standard written English.
It is likely intended to convey a sense of recognition or notable quality, but the construction is awkward and not commonly used.
Example: "The artist is renowned as distinguished for her innovative techniques in painting."
Alternatives: "noted for" or "recognized for".
Among the goals of the program are honoring excellence and creating an enlarged class of mathematicians recognized by their peers as distinguished for their contributions to the profession.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics SIAMM) Fellows - The SIAM Fellows program recognizes scientists as distinguished for their contributions to the discipline.
Another contemporary, Gerald of Wales, praised Baldwin as "distinguished for his learning and religion", but also claimed that he was gloomy and nervous.
Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, GCB (5 December 1758 – 20 February 1830) was an eccentric and hot-tempered officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars who was as distinguished for his gambling and dueling as for his military record.
The quills are used by calligraphers as distinguished as those working for Lloyds of London and the scapulas go to make the plumes in the helmets of the Queens bodyguard, the Gentlemen at Arms.
For as distinguished a musician as he became, Kamae came into the profession nearly by accident.
I'm not a conservative and the article on distinguished alumni acknowledged the bias against conservatives, but there are three living Princeton alums I can think of who are at least as distinguished as George Will *68 (tied for No. 21).
It does not even prohibit an exemption in favor of an individual as distinguished from one for the benefit of the members of a class.
The new technology is known as ferroelectric random access memory, or FRAM — as distinguished from DRAM (for dynamic random access memory).
Specifically, he'll have to accept as delegates people who live in East Jerusalem and Palestinians who have been deported from the occupied territories for political reasons as distinguished from those exiled for terrorism.
Though railroad corporations are private corporations, as distinguished from those created for municipal and governmental purposes, their uses are public.
