The phrase "vanguard among" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone who is ahead or leading in a particular field or activity. For example: "He has been a vanguard among athletes, and his achievements have inspired many people."
"His Holiness is a religious figure who is not dogmatic, not sectarian, doesn't advocate 'My way or the highway.'" John D. Dunne, one of the prominent Tibet scholars who has joined the faculty in recent years, says the university's credo, "Educating the heart and mind," has become a vanguard attitude among universities.
Mr. Cranley and his wife, Tina, who run a consulting firm called AsiaMedia, are among the vanguard.
It is satisfying to note that Muslim women are among the vanguard of forces working toward liberalization and moderation in Islam.
"He was among the vanguard in seeking equal opportunity for all individuals, and he was steadfast in his commitment to effect change.
Among the vanguard were Company K and an accompanying Afghan Army platoon, which remained alone in their area of the Taliban stronghold for the second day, engaged in off-and-on gun battles from 8 30 a.m. until just before sunset.
It was among the vanguard of global brands entering China, making its first downstream investments in 1991, says Ermenegildo Zegna, grandson of the firm's founder and its joint head.
DETROIT — Former auto workers are among the vanguard of those jumping into the small-business trend in Detroit, and one place they are getting help is the sprawling business incubator of Wayne State University.
Today the astonishment the music caused may be gone, but the group's vanguard reputation remains, especially among younger foreign listeners, who came to Os Mutantes long after its heyday.
He stood among the vanguard of his race and class, Indian friends from Oxford or London, from Aitchison College in Lahore, who were systematically gaining control of the shining administrative machine that the British had so capably built, their youthful triumphant swagger tempered by humor.
At Merrill, Mr. Semerci, who is of Turkish origin, held previous top postings in various parts of Asia and was among the vanguard of young, hard-charging and, in many cases, foreign-born executives that Mr. O'Neal promoted when he became chief executive in 2002 and shook up the old guard at the firm.
