Sentence examples for resigned to serve from inspiring English sources

He served in this capacity until 1849, when he resigned to serve as the only president of the Baltimore Female College, the first institution of higher learning for women in Maryland.

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Edward C. Yim, the director of artistic planning, is resigning to serve as a consultant at the New York Philharmonic.

Alas, Sampras is resigned to serve-and-volley being "pretty much extinct, basically gone," along with the opportunity for young Americans to play to their fast hardcourt strength and create their own tour niche.

In the wake of the fiscal cliff legislation at the start of 2013, Frank stated that he was interested in the interim appointment that Governor Deval Patrick is expected to make to fill John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat once the latter resigns to serve as United States Secretary of State.

The development and maturation of this paradigm will depend on how much NASA wishes to allow private industry to lead the way and instead resigning itself to serve as a facilitator rather than in its traditional role as boss.

While Mr. Casale was clearly frustrated, he said he has resigned himself to serving.

On July 29 Chief of the General Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner and the commanders of the three services resigned to protest the detention of serving and retired senior officers on charges of having plotted to overthrow the government.

Until March, at which point Inslee resigned to run for Governor, he served in the House of Representatives.

He served five days, resigned to become a Confederate general, and opened the Civil War by directing the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

He joined the Union Army, but during the Civil War he was elected to the Cincinnati Superior Court and resigned his commission to serve.