In 2004, she became the first American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, for Lost in Translation.

In 2004 NASCAR's Director of Security stated that NASCAR holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world.

British examples are At Risk ( 2004 ), Secret Asset ( 2006 ), Illegal Action ( 2007 ), and Dead Line ( 2008 ), by Dame Stella Rimington ( formerly the Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996 ) and The Code Snatch ( 2001 ) by Alan Stripp, formerly a cryptographer at Bletchley Park.

For his work in the films Unforgiven ( 1992 ) and Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor.

She is also a former Convenor of the Department of Geography and Environment, and served as Deputy Director from 1998 – 2004.

* 2004 Andrew Reid ( Director of Music )

In 1999, a sole Artistic Director in the Britten mould – composer, solo performer, accompanist and conductor – was appointed in Thomas Adès, joined in 2004 by composer John Woolrich, first as Guest Artistic Director then as an Associate Artistic Director.

Beginning with the 2004 – 05 season, the SPCO adopted a new artistic model by eliminating the position of Music Director and creating positions for several Artistic Partners, prominent established musicians.

), DipLaw ( City ), Barrister ( Middle Temple ): Fellow and Tutor in Classics ( 2004 —); Director of Studies

): Fellow and Tutor in Theology ( 2004 —); Director of Studies

* Lin Cheng-hsiu ( 林正修 ), erstwhile Research, Development and Evaluation Commission Director, Taipei City ( apparently the only party member holding a public office in 2004 ); he ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2004 legislative election.

In 2004, he toured Australia with the Carl Rosa Opera Company as Director of the production of HMS Pinafore, also singing the role of Sir Joseph Porter.

In 2004, Ballard was appointed professor of oceanography, and currently serves as Director of the Institute for Archaeological Oceanography, at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography.

The previous Husker coach was Bill Callahan, who was hired before the 2004 football season and was later fired by interim Athletic Director Tom Osborne on November 24, 2007.

At a July 13, 2004, Senate Banking Committee hearing on the effects of the GLBA five years after passage, the Legislative Director of the Consumer Federation cited Roger Ferguson ’ s 2003 speech and stated the “ extravagant promises ” of universal banking had “ proven to be mostly hype .” He noted that advocates of repealing Sections 20 and 32 had said “ anks, securities firms, and insurance companies would merge into financial services supermarkets ” and, after five years, some mergers had occurred “ but mostly within the banking industry, not across sectors .” Within the banking industry, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testified to Congress in 2004 that commercial bank consolidation had “ slowed sharply in the past five years .”

* Alan Cross-On-air personality, 1986 – 2001 ; Program Director, 2004 – 2008

Schaefer has a respected children's music show, " Robbie Schaefer's Stuck In a Real Tall Tree ," on XM Satellite Radio, where he serves as Music Director for XM Kids, and in 2004 released his second solo album entitled " In the Flesh.

Mariss Jansons succeeded Maazel as the PSO's Music Director from 1997 – 2004, and maintained the high artistic reputation of the orchestra.

On January 9, 2004, Fairchild Semiconductor CEO Kirk Pond was appointed as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, elected by member banks to serve a three year term.

School ( 1904 ) Sanskriti ... The School ( 2004 ) and Sophia Girls ' School ( 1918 / 1935 ) & College ( 1942 ), Rashtriya Military School Ajmer ( Since 2010-Established in 1930 as King George ’ s Royal Indian Military School ), and the historic Ajmer Music College, founded in 1942, the first accredited institution in Rajputana for teaching Hindustani classical music.

In 2004, Chiang Fang-liang, the widow of Chiang Ching-kuo, asked that both father and son be buried at Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery in Xizhi, Taipei County ( now New Taipei City ).

The 512 Regiment was reported within the 5th Military Region in 2004.

The Transitional National Government ( TNG ) was established in 2000 followed by the formation of its successor the Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) in 2004, which reestablished national institutions such as the Military of Somalia.

* Taylor, John M., 101st Airborne Division Participate in Operation Overlord Military History Quarterly, ( 2004 ), pp. 1 – 5

Major-General J. F. C. Fuller as Military Theorist and Commentator, 1945-1966 ", War in History, 11 / 3 ( 2004 ), pp. 327 – 357.

* Holt, Thaddeus, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War ( Scribner, New York, 2004 )

In January 2004, Chiang Fang-liang asked that both father and son be buried at Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery in Hsichih, Taipei County ( now New Taipei City ).

Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press, 2004, First edition, 1973 ( HMSO

* Holt, Thaddeus, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War, Simon and Schuster, June, 2004, hardcover, 1184 pages, ISBN 0-7432-5042-7

On 19 September 2004, after a four-day meeting of the 198-member Central Committee, Jiang resigned as chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, his last party post.

Although Jiang has been seldom seen in public since giving up his last official title in 2004, he was with Hu Jintao on stage at a ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, and toured the Military Museum of the Chinese Peoples Revolution with Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, and other former senior officials.

Bailey bridge at Royal Military College of Canada constructed in 2004 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Engineering Branch

He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin as the chief of the fourth generation of leadership of the Communist Party of China.

Jiang resigned as Chairman of the Central Military Commission in September 2004, his last official post.

* Comparative Analysis of the Use of Foreign Military Sales ( FMS ) and Direct Commercial Sales ( DCS ) in the Procurement of US Defense Articles by the Philippine Government for the Use of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Remegio M. de Vera, June 2004, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, MONTEREY CA

in Translog: Journal of Military Transportation Management, Fall, 2004 by Randall Ramian

* Harrison, Mark Medicine and Victory: British Military Medicine in the Second World War ( 2004 ).

Jiang Zemin retired from his post as Chairman of the party's Central Military Commission in September 2004 to Hu Jintao, and from the state's in March 2005, solidifying Hu's position as paramount leader.

* Chairman of the Central Military Commission — Hu Jintao ( also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China ) ( since September 2004 )

* Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission — General Xu Caihou ( since September 2004 )

Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation, Greenwood ( 2004 ) ISBN 1-57356-557-1