It was a distinguished year – Lee Mack, Johnny Vegas, Natalie Haynes.
Despite serving as Oxford university's professor for the public understanding of science for 13 distinguished years, his work as an ethologist and evolutionary biologist, not to mention his many books, Richard Dawkins remains most celebrated as a latter-day atheistic Savonarola, forever seeking to make a bonfire of what are, to him, the vanities and idiocies of religion.
Mr. Bacot served for twelve distinguished years on the Board of the Macy Foundation and will be sorely missed for his insight and valuable services rendered.
Under Hilde Limondjian, who left in 2010, after forty-one distinguished years, music — mostly Western classical — thrived for its own sake as a fellow-form of "art".
The American Academy of Diplomacy has named her its journalist of the year for "distinguished reporting and analysis of international affairs".
He received The 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring from President Bush, the American Institute of Chemistry's Northeast Division's Distinguished Chemist of the Year for 2002 and the Council of Science Society President's 2008 Leadership award.
Amidst the celebrities, designers, and artists that come together once a year for the distinguished night of fashion history and futures, Givenchy creative director Ricardo Tisci stands beside holographic pop star Hatsune Miku.
CLEARLY 2000 is a banner year for Arthur Laurents, the distinguished 82-year-old playwright, director and screenwriter.
The 2011 event also marks the final year for the festival's distinguished artistic director, Sandra Hebron, who is stepping down after nine years in the post.
During a distinguished 40 year career in advertising working for agencies such as Young & Rubican, McCann & Erickson, Dan served on such high profile accounts as the US Army, Colgate, Lipton soup, Dannon yogurt, but is best known for creating the Chemical Bank Campaign "My Life, My Bank".
