Sentence examples for oldest recipients from inspiring English sources

One of the oldest recipients, David Botstein, 70, a doyen of genomics on sabbatical from Princeton, expressed some unease about the amount of money and said he would give some of it away.

Nearly eight decades later, she has became the world's oldest recipient of a doctorate – at 102.

At the 100th anniversary celebration of the Rhodes Scholar program in 2003, Martin Wagner was the third oldest recipient in attendance.

In 2014 Bowie was given the Brit Award for Best British Male, making him the oldest recipient in the awards' history.

At 70, she is a new face of L'Oréal Paris, and thrilled to be the oldest recipient of a major (and lucrative) cosmetics contract.

In Somewhere Towards the End, the book that made her the oldest recipient of a literary prize, at the age of 91, her trenchant insights into the business of getting older are shaped by exactly these attributes.

If he wins, the 82-year-old Canadian actor would become the oldest recipient of an acting award.

At 67, he is the oldest recipient of a Brit Award in the ceremony's history and the award comes 18 years since his last Brits success.

Its writer Bob Nelson, 57, joked that it was the "fulfilment of boyhood dream to be oldest recipient of a first time screenplay award".

He was the oldest recipient of the award in its 41-year history, and the only recipient to fly himself to the ceremony in his own plane.

Giving more organs to young recipients would also come at the expense of "older" recipients, which in this context can mean 50 to 64. (Only a tiny fraction of all kidneys go to recipients older than 70).