The Botín dynasty controlled Banco Santander for most of the last century with the chairmanship passing down through the family from the current chairman's grandfather.
March 6, 1926 New York City, New York Alan Greenspan, (born March 6, 1926, New York City, New York, U.S ., American economist and chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, whose chairmanship (1987 2006) continued through the administrations of four American presidents.
And indeed he continued to influence government policy through his chairmanship of the single ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
In the wider world he became known, through his chairmanship of De Beers, as the king of diamonds, and was a presence on lists of the richest people.
Dr. Solnit, 80, has retired but remains active through his chairmanship of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health, established by Gov. John G. Rowland, to study mental illness and recommend methods for improving prevention and treatment.
Adam Clayton Powell, the first African-American sent to Congress from New York State, shepherded the civil rights reforms of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson through his chairmanship of the Education committee; his successor, Rangel, ascended to run the powerful Ways and Means committee, which controls Congressional purse strings.
But through her chairmanship of the attorney general's advisory committee – a group of 17 US attorneys who act as advisers to the attorney general on Department of Justice policy – she became close with the outgoing Eric Holder, who reportedly lobbied hard for her appointment.
Through his chairmanship of the Assembly's housing committee, his strategic alliances with the Giuliani administration and the sprawling social service organization he founded in 1973, the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, he has built, renovated or sponsored 1,200 homes and apartments in the last decade.
He was awarded The Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize in 2000 for his contribution to the public understanding of science, most notably through his Chairmanship of the Committee for the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS; 1993 1998).
"I believe this is now the right time to do likewise with the chairmanship, to lead us through the next stage of our development from the next agm and ensuring an orderly and smooth transition.
