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emeritus

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1. emeritus - Noun

2. emeritus - Adjective

3. emeritus - Adjective Satellite

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Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

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After Yale Graves of Onsager and Kirkwood In 1972 Onsager retired from Yale and became emeritus. Source: Internet

As chairman emeritus of A.T. Kearney and Founder of its Global Business Policy Council, I’ve not only led a global business, but also studied the evolution of business itself through many lenses, including the personal. Source: Internet

Bevers is also a Texas A&M AgriLife Extention Service economist and professor emeritus and the owner of Ranch KPI LLC, a ranch management consulting company. Source: Internet

Biden is also considering Leslie Fenwick, the dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and an education policy professor, and Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education commissioner, another source familiar with the matter said. Source: Internet

Ezra Vogel, a leading American expert on Japan, China and Asia broadly, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, died of complications from surgery on Sunday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his family said. Source: Internet

Garbin stressed that it is important for ABS-CBN to defend the issues raised against it such as  the citizenship of ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Gabby Lopez and the alleged issuance of Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDRs) to foreign investors. Source: Internet

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