He began his 2nd career, starting a center for training Third World journalists in Reston, Virginia.
Romanian Inna has even managed to sustain a relatively long career, starting with 2009's Hot.
Peston has had a wide and varied career, starting in 1983 on the Investors Chronicle.
But it demonstrates the power of certain schools as career starting points.
Mr. Ito, 46, joined the Media Lab last year after a career starting and supporting technology companies.
Mrs. Handler, though, had already embarked on a second career, starting a company that made prosthetic breasts for cancer survivors.
Ma Rainey carved out a notable career, starting in 1923, and made 100 recordings, including "See See Rider Blues" with Paramount Records.
One reason for the continuity was Webb's creative output; during his career, starting in 1948, he produced between 40,000 and 50,000 designs.
In the third act of his career, starting in the late '70s, he put together 14 HBO specials featuring ambitious, painstakingly worded long-form routines.
And he was vaguely contemplating a political career, starting in the village of Kafr Shukr, where his grandfather, a former prime minister, was born.
In the process, the show offers a cryptic survey of paintings covering more than 30 years of Ms. Frankenthaler's career, starting with "New York Bamboo" of 1957.
