While it was Umberto's elder brother, Gianni, who long ruled the company best known for its stylish small cars, Umberto saved the troubled car division from falling into foreign hands after he ascended to the chairmanship following Gianni's death in January of last year.
Assumed chairmanship after father's death.
In its fluid unfolding, Drawing Ambience materialises the "vigorous ambience" of the AA during Boyarsky's chairmanship, which lasted until his death in 1990.
He will assume Meyer's chairmanship at the end of the year.
See articleFollowing the death of Edward Kennedy, Christopher Dodd declined the chairmanship of the Senate health committee.
In the last days of his chairmanship, Mr. Lieberman grew nostalgic.
He assumed chairmanship of the council in 1991, a post he retained until his death.
He succeeded to the chairmanship of the council (and thus to the premiership) in 1952 upon the death of Khorloogiin Choibalsan, who had headed the government since 1939.
He relinquished the chairmanship of Bank of America in 1934 but continued as board chairman of Transamerica until his death.
The Carter administration years were difficult for Kennedy; he had been the most important Democrat in Washington ever since his brother Robert's death, but now Carter was, and Kennedy at first did not have a full committee chairmanship with which to wield influence.
