Instead, he accepted command of the 30th Infantry, a less prestigious unit stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco, but there were still officers who resented someone attaining command of a regiment at the age of 52.
Photographer Yuyang Liu, a recent winner of the prestigious Ian Parry award, chose the station for a project in which he photographed travellers and asked them about their journeys, their lives, and the years they were looking back on.
Ms. Hughes's broadcasting experience had come from running WHUR, the station of Howard University, the prestigious and predominantly black university in Washington.
His radio work is equally extensive, ranging from regular slots on the prestigious BBC Radio 4 to many other stations all over the world.
The newly-minted Argo Vals Band recently published four videos from a prestigious address: Klassikaraadio, Estonia's classical music station, which has joined with Vals in the name of a romantic goal: "We may speak different tongues, but music is comprehensible and dear to us all, in one way or another".
As we reported in 2013, that year the prestigious petroleum engineering program at Texas A&M University, College Station, warned prospective students that, because of the influx of new talent, the labor market probably could not sustain the very high salaries of the preceding years.
It came as no surprise to the building industry when the spectacular refurbishment of St Pancras International station in London scooped the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' prestigious Project of the Year Award last month.
With its prestigious awards (nationally ranked number one best college radio station by the Princeton Review, for example), WRHU has a high standard to uphold.
But this year, Maurer - who designs everything from table lights to subway stations, and who was recently awarded the prestigious Compasso d'Oro for career achievement - outdid himself with a design that was, in a word, enchanting.
"My husband saw this beautiful building, with a very prestigious location right on the waterfront, between two PATH stations," she said, "and right away he was convinced it would have great resale value".
