Marie-Claire Alain, a master French organist and teacher with admirers and distinguished former students around the world, died on Tuesday in a retirement home in Le Pecq, outside Paris.
Even when family ties have been broken or when ownership has changed hands, distinguished former leaders often feel uninhibited about offering their opinion as to how the business should be run today.
Both his father, Ed, and uncle, John, are distinguished former Princeton Tigers men's basketball players.
The list of basketball players who have participated in a Fairfax-Westchester rivalry game reads like a who's who of distinguished former high school, college and NBA players from City Section history.
The best recommenders will be distinguished former professors, contacts who can attest to your commitment, work ethic, and who also know the field you're applying to intimately.
To describe Clive James as a distinguished former TV critic of The Observer is rather like saying Jefferson was a Virginian landowner or Socrates a clever bloke with a penchant for chatting with bright young men.
Beside it floated a filmy piece of something that bore, in blue script, the name Famous Amos probably another of Gatsby's distinguished former guests whom I could not recall.
Beside it floated a filmy piece of something that bore, in blue script, the name Famous Amos — probably another of Gatsby's distinguished former guests whom I could not recall.
Another distinguished former Lions forward to whom I spoke last week also said something very interesting.
Baroness Butler-Sloss is a distinguished former judge and a fine human being.
Today, many of its distinguished former sponsors refuse to be found in its company...
