He was a mere 77 when King George VI thought of approaching him to suggest he step down.
"I have no information to suggest that Mr. Morgenthau is stepping down early, so I think that's inaccurate," Mr. Vance said.
Even committed republicans hesitate before suggesting she step down.
Svetlana Sorokina suggested he step down so that, as she put it, "you do not turn the situation into a revolution".
The search began on a bitter note in early 1998 when board members, including Mr. McDonough, approached Mr. Masur after he had completed seven years on the job and suggested he step down by the season beginning September 2000.
But because he suspected Erin would be hurt or insulted if he suggested she step down, Alex hoped to prompt her to resign from the committee by asking her a series of questions that would make her see she was too busy to continue.
I once wrote an open letter suggesting he step down.
After Gustavson returned from a two-month medical leave, her district manager suggested she step down to a shift supervisor role.
That has led some observers to now suggest the poker entrepreneurs are stepping down so that they can cash in their stakes, said to be worth a total of $3.73 billion.
Nick Denton, the founder and owner of Gawker Media, said in an internal memorandum that Mr. Stern was stepping down and suggested that Mr. Daulerio was better suited to nurture new writers and editors for Gawker.
