Sentence examples for upon becoming general from inspiring English sources

Polisner resigned this year upon becoming general counsel of the world federation and was succeeded last month at the national level by Peter Rank of Los Angeles.

This was the same Omar Minaya who, upon becoming general manager of the Montreal Expos two years ago, assumed control of a team devoid of front-office and minor league staffs (not to mention computers) and put together an organization in a matter of weeks.

Upon becoming general secretary in 1935, David du Plessis oversaw a process of institutionalization from which a strong bureaucracy developed, directed by an increasingly educated leadership.

His first act upon becoming Communist Party general secretary in November was to replicate a famous "southern tour" by Deng Xiaoping in 1992 that revived economic reforms.

Outraged by the racist hatred of government officials, Robert F. Kennedy, upon becoming Attorney General in 1961, sued Prince Edward County to reopen its schools.

Upon becoming the Governor-General, Allen was inducted into the Order of the Nation.

Nearly immediately upon becoming President, Trump ordered a special prosecutor and Attorney General Rudy Giuliani to place Hillary Clinton under arrest for violations of the espionage act and willfully leaking classified material to hostile nations.

Upon becoming a tropical cyclone, the depression existed in an area of weak steering currents, though a general motion to the north-northwest was influenced by a large subtropical ridge over the southwest United States.

Upon becoming head of the Fed, his salary was halved.

Upon becoming president in 2000, Mr. Putin, now prime minister, vowed to restore Russia's strength.

In church, Fischer preached that it might be preferable if Americans married upon becoming sexually mature.