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Since 2004, the Ballards, both professors emeriti of pediatrics at UC San Francisco, have been piecing together ways to restore the creek, one small project at a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

He is the son of Dr. Judith E. Skog and Dr. Laurence E. Skog of Vienna, Va. The groom’s mother is professor emeriti in the biology department of George Mason University.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2020

The five additional honorary Cardinals — Archbishops and bishops emeriti, who are over the age of 80 and therefore unable to vote in papal elections — are:

From Time • Jan. 4, 2015

A relatively low-profile member of the Kennedy family, she served on the advisory board of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and was also a director emeriti of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2011

Baseball's commissioner loves to kid Milwaukee reporters about their perceived infatuation with the , but he long has been on the Packers' board, currently listed as a director emeriti on the team's masthead.

From Chicago Tribune • Feb. 5, 2011