The present chairman is William P. Carmichael; the previous chairman, A. Max Walker, died on Aug. 9.
Stephen Stamas, who had been the chairman of the orchestra since 1989, was replaced by the present chairman, Paul B. Guenther, in 1996.
Lee Byung-chull, the founder of Samsung Electronics and father of the present chairman, Lee Kun-hee, is believed to have strong faith in pungsu.
Mr. Prabhu, 46, who was considered a possible successor to the present chairman and chief executive, Serge Tchuruk, 63, said he was leaving to have more time for personal pursuits.
He has risen to be vice-president of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), deputy to Hrihoriy Surkis, a former president of Dynamo and brother to Dynamo's present chairman, Ihor.
The trouble is that Mr Eckrodt will probably have less authority than Mr Ghosn, since Takashi Sonobe, president of Mitsubishi, is not a lame duck as was Yoshikazu Hanawa, Nissan's former president and present chairman.
In Europe, Carlyle has assembled an advisory board that besides Mr. Major includes Karl Otto Pöhl, former president of German's Bundesbank, and the past or present chairmen of B.M.W., Hoffman-LaRoche, Nestlé, LVMH-Moët Hennessy, Louis Vuitton and Aerospatiale, the French Airbus partner.
Included among those who did not predict the magnitude of the downturn are past and present Chairmen of the Federal Reserve, the Secretary of the Treasury, virtually all leading economists and leaders of institutions ranging from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to AIG, Citibank, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, to name just a few, in addition to Washington Mutual.
1977-present, independent producer and investor 1984-present, chairman of Disney's animation department.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS -- Professor of economics, Harvard, 1969-present (began as assistant professor, 1967); president, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1977-82, 1984-present; Council of Economic Advisersc Advisers, 1982-84; president-elect, American Economic Association, 2003; author of more than 300 scientific papers and several books.
Career Highlights: Site engineer, Morrison-Knudsen, 1955-57; systems analyst, Veterans Administration, 1961-66; assistant director, associate director and deputy director, Office of Management and Budget, 1967-77; vice president, senior vice president, president, International Paper Company, 1977-87; chAlcoan, Alcoa, 1987-present; chairman and chief executive, Alcoa, 1987-98.
