He was selected from a list of three proposed by an independent commission.
Mr. Gehry was selected from a field of 72 international competitors.
The chorale, at any rate, was selected from a collection of Bach's last decade by editors, probably family members.
Marvin Rees, a globetrotting journalist, was selected from a Labour Party shortlist otherwise dominated by professional politicians.
In 1976 he was selected from a pool of 500 pilots to participate in the Soviet Union's Intercosmos program.
Barbara Dannenberg, chairwoman of the orchestra's board of directors, said Mr. Willis was selected from a field of 20 candidates after a national search.
About three years ago, Mrs. Morales was selected from a list of clinic no-shows to receive checkups at her bedside.
But it was not selected by any scientific process of elimination; it was selected from a list in 1987 by Congress, which declared it dry and remote enough.
It's wild," said the affable Mr. Still, who was selected from a pool of more than 40 candidates from across the country.
Proud as we are of every one of those winners, each was selected from a shortlist and it's in the shortlists that the soul of any prize lives.
A partner at Schulman, Treem, Kaminkow, Gilden & Ravenell, he was selected from a pool of 100 lawyers who do federal criminal defense work by contract in Baltimore.
