Still today in Jersey, the presence of established laurels or rose gardens in old houses gives a clue to the past party adherence of former owners, and the chair of the Constable of Saint Helier in the Assembly Room of the Parish Hall still sports the carved roses of a former incumbent.

He is Senior Adviser to the President of the United Nations Foundation, chair of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, and is past president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, past chairman of the United States Man and Biosphere Program, and past president of the Society for Conservation Biology.

He is a past chair of the High Energy Division of the American Astronomical Society.

The immediate past chair is Andrea Weinstein of Dallas.

He is a past chair ( 2010 – 2011 ) of The Writers ' Union of Canada and of the writers in prison committee of PEN Canada.

* Member of Congressional Black Caucus ( CBC ); past chair of CBC ( 105th United States Congress )

Rep. Hastings was formerly the ranking member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, also known as the House Ethics Committee, and a past chair of that committee.

Clements was succeeded in the Tribune chair by Chris Mullin, who steered the paper into the supporting of Tony Benn ( then just past the peak of his influence on the Labour left ) and attempted to turn it into a workers ' co-operative, much to the consternation of the old Bevanite shareholders, most prominent among them John Silkin and Donald Bruce, who dominated the paper's board.

The salaries of the ACS executives ( executive director, treasurer, and secretary ) are decided by the Standing Committee on Executive Compensation which is composed of the " president, the immediate past president, the chair of the society committee on budget and finance, and two members of the society with demonstrated expertise in senior and executive staff compensation.

As chair, he suggested that the mainstream media and the environmentalist movement is not as opposed to nuclear energy as in decades past.

He was the founding chair of TIFF, the Toronto international film festival, past chair of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, past chair of IMAGINE, a national philanthropic organization that promotes giving and volunteering, Chair of the Skydome ( now the Rogers Stadium ) during its construction phase

He is also one of the principal founders of the Journal of Biomechanics and was a past chair of the ASME International Applied Mechanics Division.

He is a former chair of the boards of directors of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, as well as past president of the North Coast Athletic Conference.

His son Gray Sasser, also a lawyer, is the past chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party.

Frazier has served in the past as the chair of the Constitution Party of Missouri.

Hunten, chair and past chair, respectively, the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, of the National Academy of Sciences, 1985

The ousted former chairman, Ian Ridley, made a surprise return to the chair on 18 March 2009 following discord between past and present members of the board which was fuelled by more than ten successive defeats in the league.

Fortunately it spared us from the usual spate of silly resolutions which in the past have made Georgia look like anything but `` the empire state of the South ''.

A veteran Jackson County legislator will ask the Georgia House Monday to back federal aid to education, something it has consistently opposed in the past.

* During 2010, such legislation was introduced in six states ( Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma ); however, none made it past the introductory stage.

Furthermore, the Georgian literati, reacting to the Russian rule in Georgia and the suppression of national institutions, contrasted Tamar's era to their contemporary situation, lamenting the irretrievably lost past in their writings.

In the past the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad passed through Sopchoppy on its route between Tallahassee and Carrabelle until its abandonment in 1948, while the Tallahassee Railroad, the first railroad in Florida, was abandoned by the Seaboard Coast Line in 1983.

Elberton has produced two past international presidents of Pilot Club International, attorney ( now judge ) Cindy Weaver from 2005 – 06, and Pat Jarvis from 2009 – 2010, and two past Governors of the Georgia District of Kiwanis International, Bob Lambertson and the Hon.

In days past, there were visitors from Hamilton, Madison, Suwannee counties and South Georgia who enjoyed cane grindings, social gatherings such as parties and square dances.

Amelio is a current or past director of AT & T Inc., Pacific Telesis, Chiron Corporation, Sematech, the Georgia Tech Advisory Board ( as chairman ) and the American Film Institute.

Although in years past the Army has conducted basic Airborne training at various locations, it has since been consolidated at Fort Benning, Georgia.

In past years, fans from Florida and Georgia were assigned seats grouped in alternating sections of the stadium, and the contrasting colors worn by the fans created a " beach ball " visual effect in the stands.

Elaine Alphin writes that Georgia was still in many ways living in the past.

On 5 July, United States Navy Task Group 36. 1 ( TG 36. 1 )— commanded by Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth and consisting of the light cruisers,, and, plus four destroyers, had received word of another " Tokyo Express " mission down " the Slot " in the Solomon Islands, and the task group proceeded northwest past New Georgia Island.

She has kept busy over the past few years modeling for newspaper and magazine advertisements and television commercials for such firms as J. C. Penney and Kellogs Rice Krispies and performing with Olympic World Champion figure skaters in Sun Valley, Georgia.

In addition to their normal duties in metro Atlanta, HEROs have been deployed in the past to assist with traffic control at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia and along Interstates 75 and 16 during hurricane evacuations.

As an alumna of Georgia Southern University, Hala was the first from her alma mater to win the award and joins past winners including former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw.

In the past, Georgia ’ s kings had not only accepted formal domination by Turkish and Persian emperors, but had occasionally converted to Islam and sojourned at their capitals.

Mary Boyert, past president of Georgia Right to Life

Tradition is defined as " the handing down of beliefs, legends, and customs from generation to generation ," and over the past century, Georgia has built a profound legacy around college football, putting its stake in the ground for generations to come.

Because of the many closures caused by the creek's inundation, residents of Woodstock and points northward found it took hours to get home, the resulting gridlock extending rush hour well past dusk, with heavy traffic still waiting to get home at 9: 00pm on old Georgia 5, which was also blocked north of Woodstock due to the Little River.

This structure has been meticulously preserved over the past 100 years as an example of coastal Georgia building techniques and as one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state.

The major section of 706 wraps around from Rome in northwest Georgia, east through the mountains past Dahlonega, meeting its narrowest point at Toccoa, then broadening south to Athens and Augusta.

Connecticut Avenue, now simply a local street, continues past Georgia Avenue and ends at Leisure World Boulevard.

The Netherlands failed to progress past the preliminary stages of qualifying for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, after being defeated by Georgia and Russia in 2006.

Cisneros, either in the past or currently, served on several national commissions in urban affairs such as the Partnership for Sustainable Communities Leadership Advisory Council, and the boards of the National Smart Growth Council and the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Such businesses have been controlled in the past by the Industrial and Provident Societies Partnership Act 1852 and the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893.

For the past 10 years the City of Bellingham Public Works has received the Partnership for Safe Water ’ s Director Award for commitment to providing safe drinking water.

The following contains information from an excerpt from a Peace Corps Partnership Project completed by a past Peace Corps Health Volunteer, who lived and worked in Quilalí from March 2009-March 2011.