In May 2011 James Cuno, director of the Art Institute of Chicago, was named president and chief executive of the Getty Trust, to take office in August.

* James Cuno – Who Owns Antiquity?

Dr. James Brown Fisk, physicist, President of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, was elected to the Board of Trustees.

Later, browsing in an old issue of the Gazette Des Beaux-Arts, she found a description of a handsome gilt pier-table purchased in 1817 by President James Monroe.

`` I think they played Hail To The Chief better than the Marine Corps Band, and we are grateful to them '', President Kennedy remarked after mounting the bandstand and shaking hands with conductor James Christian Pfohl.

In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.

Both the outgoing administration of President James Buchanan and the incoming administration rejected the legality of secession, considering it rebellion.

* 1858 – U. S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

First Brown President and Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation James Manning ( minister ) | James Manning.

On 2 December 1823, US President James Monroe specifically addressed Cuba and other European colonies in his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine.

Similarly, President James Mancham's attendance of the 1977 CHOGM gave Prime Minister France-Albert René the opportunity to seize power in the Seychelles.

In May 1997, Prime Minister James joined 14 other Caribbean leaders, and President Clinton, during the first-ever U. S .- regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century, and at age 62, was the oldest man to be elected President since James Buchanan in 1856.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

* 1823 – Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.

* 1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

During the 1990s, the College saw a major academic overhaul under President James O. Freedman and a controversial ( and ultimately unsuccessful ) 1999 initiative to encourage the school's single-sex Greek houses to go coed.

President James Wright announced his retirement in February 2008 and was replaced by Harvard University professor and physician Jim Yong Kim on July 1, 2009.

Outgoing President James Polk's term ended at noon on March 4, which was a Sunday.

While the terms of President James K. Polk and Vice President George Mifflin Dallas had expired, Atchison's tenure as President pro tempore had already expired when the Thirtieth Congress adjourned sine die on March 4.

The highest-ranking official whose term unquestionably continued during the interim was Polk's Secretary of State, James Buchanan ( later elected President himself in 1856 ), whose term did not formally expire until his successor, John M. Clayton, took office on March 7.

In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan sought to curtail scope of environmental protection taking steps such as appointing James G. Watt who was called one of the most " blatantly anti-environmental political appointees ".

As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States ( 1813 – 1814 ), serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term.

* 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.

* James P. Gorman, MBA 1987, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley

* James W. Keyes, MBA 1980, Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Inc., former President and CEO 7-Eleven

James R. Elsessor, who had taken over as CEO for Charles Sullivan, was replaced by Tony Alvarez.

* James Champy, author, management expert, retired CEO.

* James Shannon, Attorney General of Massachusetts and CEO of National Fire Protection Association

* James L. Ziemer, CEO of Harley-Davidson

* James Dolan, CEO of Cablevision

* Cablevision CEO James L. Dolan graduated in 1974 from Cold Spring Harbor High School.

* James Goodnight ( born 1943 ), CEO of SAS Institute

In June 2009, James Bass, CEO of Piper Aircraft since 2005, announced he would step down effective that same month.

* James Hagedorn — Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO, co-Chairman of National Fund for the U. S. Botanic Garden, and Chairman of Farms for City Kids Foundation

*" The Ogallala Aquifer " Manjula V. Guru, Agricultural Policy Specialist and James E. Horne, President & CEO, The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Poteau, Oklahoma

* James Sinegal, CEO and Founder, Costco

In South Charleston are the headquarters of International Industries, the parent company of a group of subsidiaries founded in 1947 by James H. " Buck " Harless ( now its president and CEO ), based primarily in natural resources such as coal and timber, but which also include the manufacturing, hotel and real estate industries.

In 1994, then CEO James Johnston testified under oath before Congress, saying that he didn't believe that nicotine is addictive.

Cooke is now CEO of the U. K. labor relations consultancy and union busting firm Marshall James.

The highly generous pay packages include $ 172 million for Merril Lynch & Co. CEO Stanley O ' Neal from 2003 to 2007, before it was bought by Bank of America in 2008, and $ 161 million for Bear Stearns Co .' s James Cayne before the bank collapsed and was sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. in June of 2008.

The additions, part of then CEO James Adamson's back to basics program also called Operation Phoenix, were an attempt to add not only a value menu, but also a line of value meals.

* 1994: Altsys Corp and CEO James Von Ehr becomes a Macromedia vice-president, a position he held until 1997.

The HBO film featured an all-star cast, including William Hurt as Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson and Cynthia Nixon as his liaison to the press ; James Woods as Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers ; and Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke.

However, the cash position was worse than it had led Packard to believe and, by 1956, the company ( renamed Studebaker-Packard Corporation and under the guidance of CEO James J. Nance ) was nearly bankrupt, though it continued to make and market both Studebaker and Packard cars until 1958.

* James Fazzino, Managing Director and CEO of Incitec Pivot Limited

* James T. White ( born 1985 ), self-made millionaire, entrepreneur, author and world's youngest CEO listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange