The following twelve members have been promoted to the status of " Legend " since 1996: Ian Stewart ( 1997 ), Gordon Coventry ( 1998 ), Peter Hudson ( 1999 ), Kevin Bartlett ( 2000 ), Barrie Robran ( 2001 ), Bill Hutchison ( 2003 ), Jock McHale ( 2005 ), Darrel Baldock ( 2006 ), Norm Smith ( 2007 ), Alex Jesaulenko ( 2008 ), Kevin Murray ( 2010 ) and Barry Cable ( 2012 ).

* Air Commodore Gordon Moulds ( 2008 )

After Jacobs ' death, Rabbi Dr. Reuven Hammer served as interim Rabbi of New London Synagogue until Rabbi Jeremy Gordon was appointed in January 2008.

* Noble, Gordon ; Poller, Tessa & Verrill, Lucy ( 2008 ) Scottish Odysseys: The Archaeology of Islands.

** Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader ( d. 2008 )

In January 2008 the Graduate School of Management was formally replaced by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.

* Gordon, Yefim ( 2008 ).

Ben Gordon signed a one-year contract on October 2, 2008.

Gordon Goldstein's 2008 book Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam was reported to be, in late September, 2009, the " must-read-book " amongst President Barack Obama's war advisers, as they contemplated the alternative courses ahead in Afghanistan.

* Goldstein, Gordon M., Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2008. pp. 300.

* Gordon Holmes ( 2008 )

" The pageant, which launched the career of Gordon County native Marla Maples, former spouse of real estate magnate Donald Trump, has been held intermittently since the mid-1980s, most recently in 2008.

A second petition to dissolve the Gordon Heights Fire District was filed on December 31, 2008.

< font size = 2 > A young fisherman at Gordon Lake in Oscar Park ( Summer 2008 )</ font size = 2 >

In 2008 Gibb publicly stated that he continued to get on " like a house on fire " with Blair, and claimed that the then Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown regularly listened to the Bee Gees.

For his 2008 album Act Your Age, Gordon Goodwin wrote a new big band arrangement to accompany Zenph ’ s re-performance of “ Yesterdays ,” and the track was recognized with a Grammy Nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

In the spring of 2007 and 2008, Peter and Gordon were featured performers in the Flower Power concert series at Disney's EPCOT in Florida.

Gordon Brown, then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Queen Rania of Jordan at the 2008 annual meeting.

In the 81st Academy Awards ( 2008, presented in February 2009 ), Catmull was awarded with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, which honors " an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.

In 2008 he was a co-recipient of the Gordon Bell Prize from the Association of Computing Machinery.

As of July 2008, the Bear Battalion had commissioned 1, 721 Army officers including ten General Officers: LTG Neal T. Jaco, LTG John E. Miller, MG Fred F. Marty, MG Robert L. Gordon, MG Robert F. Pennycuick, MG David E. White, MG Jarrett J. Robertson, BG William A.

* March 20 – Jerry Reed, American country musician ( d. 2008 )

Some artist invited in 2007 and 2008 are: Negrita, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, Ben Harper, Goran Bregovic, Carmen Consoli, Max Gazzè, Peter Brook.

Also, in the 1970s Jerry Reed song " Amos Moses ," in the 1990s George Strait song " Adalida ," in Dan Baird's 1992 song " Dixie Beauxderaunt ," the 1999 Jimmy Buffett song " I will Play for Gumbo ," the 2008 Toby Keith song " Creole Woman ," and its name is the title of a song by jazz songstress Marcia Ball.

“ The Town of Sunnyvale received an order from Honorable Judge Reed O ’ Connor regarding the Dews vs Town of Sunnyvale case, finding the Town in contempt of court for its failure to implement the Settlement Stipulation in the case by April 15, 2008.

Anderson married singer – songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed in 2008.

The work was performed across the Atlantic in Toronto, Canada, June 14, 2008, with husband Lou Reed, making the " Lost Art of Conversation " a duet with vocals and guitar, with his ambling style contrasting with Anderson's tightly wound performance.

* The Stone: Issue Three ( by John Zorn, Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson, recorded live in 2008 )

* Browning, Reed ( 2008 ).

* Reed, Lawrence W. ( 1981 & 2008 ).

* Jerry Reed ( 1937 – 2008 ), Country music singer and Actor

It was purchased in February 2008 by Reed Elsevier ( parent corporation of LexisNexis ) in a cash deal for $ 3. 6 billion USD.

Lawrence Reed served as president from the Center ’ s founding until September, 2008, when he assumed the title President Emeritus and also became the president of the Foundation for Economic Education.

* Winkler, Jonathan Reed ( 2008 ).

* John Shedd Reed ( 1917 – 2008 ), former chairman of Santa Fe Industries, president of Shedd Aquarium

In 2008 he played the contrabassoon part in the premiere of the composer's Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon at the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society in Provo.

In 2008, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums announced a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into the " Electric Vehicle ( EV ) Capital of the U. S ." Other local and state governments have also expressed interest in electric cars.

* Reed, Nicholas, ( 2008 ).

They won the supercross championship two years in a row ( 2008 and 2009 ) with the YZ 450F ( One with Chad Reed, and the other with James Stewart ).

Here are some of the most notable visitor's to the lake: Red-throated Diver ( 1986 ), Great Northern Diver ( 1994 ), Fulmar ( 2001 ) Great Shearwater ( 1999 ), Leach's Petrol ( 1987 ), Gannet ( 2002 ), Night Heron ( 1987 ), Glossy Ibis ( 1987 ), Spoonbill ( 1995 ), Pink footed Goose ( 1992 ), White-Fronted Goose ( 1992 ), Green-Winged Teal ( 1994 ), Ring-Necked Duck ( 1996 ), Long-Tailed Duck ( 1981 ), Velvet Scoter ( 2006 ), Spotted Crake ( 1995 ), Avocet ( 2011 ), Kentish Plover ( 1981 ), Temmick's Stint ( 2004 ), Pectoral Sandpiper ( 1995 ), Purple Sandpiper ( 1977 ), Red-Necked Phalarope ( 1995 ), Grey Phalarope ( 1987 ), Wilson's Phalarope ( 2007 ), Pomarine Skua ( 1982 ), Great Skua ( 1987 ), Sabine's Gull ( 1981 ), Caspian Tern ( 2001 ), Roseate Tern ( 1994 ), Whiskered Tern ( 2001 ), Cetti's Warbler ( 2011 ), Great Reed Warbler ( 2008 ), Golden Oriole ( 1997 ), Lapland Bunting ( 1966 ), Snow Bunting ( 1997 ), and a pair of Black-winged Stilt staying the summer of 1988.

In February 2008, shareholders of Choicepoint voted in favor of acquisition by Reed Elsevier for $ 4. 1 billion.

According to TheyWorkForYou, in his last year in Parliament Reed had spoken in an " above average " number of debates, voted an " above average " number of times in the 2005-2010 parliament and replied " within 2 or 3 weeks to a " high number of messages " during 2008.

John Shedd's grandson, John Shedd Reed, who had served as president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad from 1967 to 1986, was president of the aquarium's board from 1984 until 1994, and was a life trustee until his death in 2008.

Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens holds the record for the longest interception return, 108 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 23, 2008.

* 2008: The Washington Post, " For the work of Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.