Sentence examples for upon being named from inspiring English sources

Pat Riley was given a 10 percent ownership share in the Miami Heat upon being named head coach and team president in 1995.

Mr. Bettag declined to comment for this article, but he said upon being named to his new position last month that he planned to drastically change the program.

And more recently Philip Levine, upon being named the poet laureate of the United States in August, said that a priority of his tenure would be to get more American poets on the radio.

Upon being named the new assistant minister for social services and multicultural affairs, ACT senator Zed Seselja told the media that welfare dependency was a significant issue and a major drain on the budget.

The way Selig remembers it, his first act upon being named interim commissioner in 1992 was to call for a committee to look into the way the postseason was conducted.

The "Cravath System" is laid out in a musty rose-colored book, "The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors: 1819-1947," a 1948 work by Robert T. Swaine, given to every lawyer upon being named a partner.

Immediately upon Grenell being named as an advisor, liberal activists pointed out that Grenell was something of a notorious Twitter troll, aiming savagely unfunny and sexist barbs at women like Rachel Maddow and Callista Gingrich.

The RSC's production of Matilda, A Musical, which had its first West End preview last week after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon, was named best musical production, with Bertie Carvel, who plays headmistress Miss Trunchbull, also winning best performance in a musical.

Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow will provide back-up to Prior, although Buttler could still be called upon, having been named in England's performance programme squad.

Thomas Bewick Primary School, in Newcastle upon Tyne, is named after him.

Upon retirement, he was named Professor Emeritus of Music.