Sentence examples for strong directorships from inspiring English sources

By then, however, under a pair of strong directorships and with the addition of a 305-cm (120-inch) reflector in 1959 and the institution of a vigorous program to modernize its instrumentation, Lick had regained much of its earlier prominence as a leader in observational astronomy.

These steps are hard, but the San Francisco troupe, under the eighteen-year directorship of Helgi Tomasson, has become very strong.

But he has just committed himself to the directorship of the St . Louis Symphonyand intends to keep his European career going strong.

Though he described the problem as "the biggest question mark" of Mr. Vaziev's 11-year directorship of the company, Mr. Gergiev said another area of disagreement was Mr. Gergiev's strong desire to enlist seasoned company principals like Igor Zelensky, Uliana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva and Yulia Makhalina to work with the youngest generation of Kirov dancers.

He was a tireless advocate of a strong nuclear program and argued for continued testing and development—in fact, he stepped down from the directorship of Livermore so that he could better lobby against the proposed test ban.

(Nézet-Séguin's directorship will be funded by a fifteen-million-dollar gift from the Neubauer Family Foundation, an organization with strong ties to Philadelphia).

Some enjoy lavish hospitality and lucrative directorships.

There are only 19 women in directorships.

Directorships could have supplemented his income.

The directorships each pay $100,000 a year.

He also served on a wide range of corporate directorships.