In terms of tradition, name-dropping goes back a long, long way.
In Jewish tradition, names were like indications of characters.
According to oral tradition, names such as Kalimanjira, Katanga, and Zimba are associated with them.
Eastern tradition names them Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martin, John, Dionysius, Antonius, and Constantine.
On Wednesday, The Times continued that tradition, naming Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, a member of the fifth generation of the family, the deputy publisher.
He attended parochial schools, taught by the De La Salle Christian Brothers in the Lasallian tradition, named after a French Roman Catholic saint who founded a system of Christian schooling for the poor in the 17th century.
The lawsuits are brought by Ady Gil, the businessman turned animal rights activist who had bought and lent the high-speed boat to Sea Shepherd (the organisation, in keeping with tradition, named the boat after him).
The U.S. has by tradition named the president of the World Bank, which provides low-interest loans and grants to poor countries as well as market-rate loans to richer developing countries like China and Brazil.
His uncle, John Hummer '70, also was a Tiger captain, and Ian Hummer never shied away from the challenge of maintaining his family's tradition, naming Princeton as his top college choice throughout the recruiting process.
Anheuser-Busch, the world's largest brewer, ended a long family tradition, naming its first chief executive in 142 years who was neither an Anheuser nor a Busch.
The Miracle of Saint Vitus was a product of the Nuremberg School, a tradition named after a major artistic and commercial center of the times.
