I suggest Count Arthur Strong, whose gift for malapropism would serve the event well.
Red, the Friars Scribe Emeritus, was a comedy genius whose gift of laughter was unparalleled.
As he began quoting from Genesis, he asked his interviewer to follow along -- "Do you have your Bible?" -- as he told the story of Cain, whose gift to God was rejected, killing his brother Abel, whose gift was accepted.
She has also traveled with Harold and Ruth Newman, trustees whose gift helped establish the collecting initiative.
We are grateful to Mr. Kovner, whose gift shows his commitment to the relationship between scholarship and performance.
If anyone can make that concept work, it's Larry Keigwin, whose gift for staging and inspired play is evident in the older selections on the bill.
He is a "vainglorious" "war criminal" who is "amenable to the idea that truth comes in several varieties," and whose gift amounts to "blood money".
Still, there are potential problems with the appointment, not the least being Mr. Broad, whose gift to the museum has given him an unusual degree of control.
Balanchine, whose gift for drawing in the general audience remains extraordinary, is the choreographer's choreographer, the dance-maker from whom other dance-makers have always learned most.
Three days earlier, their prom had taken place in a suburban hotel whose gift shop sold Rolaids and Liberty Bell paperweights stamped "Denver".
They recently took over the making of cheese spreads from the monks, whose gift line now includes German shepherd plush toys and kitchen towels.
