Mr. Gehry was selected from a field of 72 international competitors.
These and others dog designs were selected from a field of more than 200.
He is also one of 141 finalists, selected from a field of 2,700, in the 2004 Presidential Scholars Program.
For the latest batch 74 (including six not-for-profits) were selected from a field of more than 2,600.
Barbara Dannenberg, chairwoman of the orchestra's board of directors, said Mr. Willis was selected from a field of 20 candidates after a national search.
The characters that won, selected from a field of 26, were Juan Valdez, the longtime representative of growers of Colombian coffee, and the Geico insurance gecko.
Little was selected from a field of candidates that included Felipe Alou, the former Montreal manager, and Cubbage, who had been Boston's third-base coach.
They were selected from a field of 52 characters and slogans by a public vote on a Web site, sponsored by Yahoo and USA Today; about 600,000 people voted.
The remaining participant, representing millions of amateur golf dreamers, will be selected from a field of finalists culled by Golf Digest editors and voted on by the magazine's readers.
Euro RSCG, Ms. Lewi said, was selected from a field of three finalists that included Arnold Worldwide in Boston, another Havas agency, and the New York office of Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
