In 1915, Shepard received a commission in the Royal Artillery.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate, and received his commission, on September 26, 1789.

In 1634, Borromini received his first major independent commission to design the church, cloister and monastic buildings of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane ( also known as San Carlino ).

Gradually, Bacon earned the standing of one of the learned counsels, though he had no commission or warrant and received no salary.

As one of the most famous living Austrian composers, Schmidt was well-known to Hitler and received this commission after the Anschluss.

For this he received a £ 200 premium and a commission to paint a fresco in the Upper Waiting Hall ( or Hall of Poets ) in the House of Lords.

The celebration was organized by Abraham de Vries, a Coster fan who became Haarlem's first librarian in 1821 and who received a commission from the city fathers to acquire Costeriana, or material relating to Coster's claim to fame.

Mary Magdalene is honored as one of the first witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus, and received a special commission from him to tell the Apostles of his resurrection.

In 1804 he received a commission for a series of painting for the throne room in the new palace, but disagreements between the artist and the crown prince put a halt to this project.

T ' Pol of Vulcan is shown as the first non-human Starfleet officer, having received a commission as a Commander following the Xindi mission and her resignation from the Vulcan High Command.

He received his pilot's wings and his commission in the U. S. Marine Corps on May 2, 1944.

He attended Officer Candidate School and received his commission in August 1968.

During the period 1515 – 1520, Veit Stoss received a commission for sculptures by Raphael Torrigiani, a rich Florentine merchant.

Taft then began serving on the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1891 ; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 1892, and received his commission that same day.

He received a commission as a First Lieutenant and trained to be an artillery officer.

In March 1951 Grissom received his pilot wings and commission as a second lieutenant.

The reform had by then received some modifications in points of detail by the reform commission, in which one of the leading members was Clavius, who afterwards wrote defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilio's work, especially for his provision of a useful reform for the lunar cycle: " We owe much gratitude and praise to Luigi Giglio who contrived such an ingenious Cycle of Epacts which, inserted in the calendar, always shows the new moon and so can be easily adapted to any length of the year, if only at the right moments the due adjustment is applied.

This was a much larger and more important commission than any he had received before ; he had only painted one altarpiece in Florence itself.

In 1916, Mackintosh received a commission to redesign the home of W. J.

During the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, it was common to distinguish verbally between privateers ( also known as private ships of war ) on the one hand, and armed merchantmen, which were referred to as " letters of marque ", on the other, though both received the same commission.

Banker J. P. Morgan stepped in to form a syndicate that saved the U. S. with a massive gold loan, for which he received a commission.

Carmina Burana was in fact so popular that Orff received a commission in Frankfurt to compose incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was supposed to replace the banned music by Mendelssohn.

In 1812 he was sent with dispatches to the Regency at Cádiz, and received his commission as captain.

He did not take the field till the Carlist cause appeared to be at a very low ebb, and until he had received a commission from Don Carlos as commander-in-chief in Navarre.

In 1574 he passed over to England, where he received commission from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester to portray himself and Queen Elizabeth.

He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at Antietam and was promoted in March 1863 to major general of volunteers, to rank from November 29, 1862.

In this year he became Statthalter in Belgium and received the army rank of lieutenant field marshal.

His brother, Gebhard, served on the western front and saw combat ; he received the Iron Cross and was eventually promoted to lieutenant.

The first documented case is that of Marie-Angélique Duchemin ( 1772 – 1859 ), who fought in the Revolutionary Wars, received a military disability pension in 1798, the rank of 2nd lieutenant in 1822, and the Legion of Honor in 1852.

He had already received Gascony as early as 1249, but Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, had been appointed as royal lieutenant the year before and, consequently, drew its income, so in practice Edward derived neither authority nor revenue from this province.

In many Commonwealth of Nations states, a lieutenant governor is the representative of the monarch and act as chief executive officer of the state, province or territory they received appointment.

Komarov's mother died in 1948, seven months before his graduation ( in 1949 ) at which he received his pilots wings and commission as a lieutenant in the Soviet Air Force.

By his senior year, LeMay was listed on the ROTC rolls as a " cadet lieutenant colonel " but had not actually received an appointment in the regular United States military.

He received a promotion to lieutenant colonel and was appointed chief of military intelligence by Omar Torrijos.

From 1946 to 1951, Choi received promotions to first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and then brigadier general.

On completion of aviation cadet training in March 1950, he received a pilot rating and a commission as a second lieutenant.

In 1988, he received additional training at the ship HNLMS Van Kinsbergen and became a lieutenant ( junior grade ).

Promoted to lieutenant soon thereafter, David received the Medal of Honor for his part in the " first successful boarding and capture of an enemy man-of-war on the high seas by the United States Navy since 1815.

Doolittle received his Reserve Military Aviator rating and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Signal Officers Reserve Corps on March 11, 1918.

In 1861 he received a commission as a lieutenant and fought at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh and Second Battle of Corinth.

He was promoted to flight lieutenant in May 1948, and received a permanent commission in the same rank in 1952.

He was designated as an intelligence officer and initially received a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve.

As a corporal, Puller received orders to serve in the Gendarmerie d ' Haiti as a lieutenant, seeing action in Haiti.

He received six lance wounds at the Battle of Leipzig, was promoted to lieutenant and aide-de-camp of General Bagneres and was decorated with the Legion of Honor.

He received brevet promotions for his staff leadership and gallantry in three battles: Monterrey ( to captain ), National Bridge ( major ), and Chapultepec ( lieutenant colonel ).

He received his wings and commission as a second lieutenant on January 9, 1942, and became a gunnery instructor.

He left the navy with the rank of lieutenant, and received the Navy Achievement Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Navy Commendation Medal.

Educated at St. Cyr, he received a commission in the Staff Corps in 1837, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1840, and captain in 1843.