Longtime UW band director Bill Bissell also claimed co-creator credit with Weller, suggesting that the wave was devised by both of them prior to the game.

Longtime Philadelphia director Eugene Ormandy expressed his appreciation for what Toscanini achieved with the orchestra.

Longtime Minardi sporting director John Walton died on the eve of the 2004 British Grand Prix ; the team ran a sponsor-free tribute livery for that race, but Wilux subsequently ended its sponsorship, stating that they would rather have been informed beforehand.

Longtime Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno said of Jackson: " I don't think you could say that there is any one person who is not a coach, athletic director or administrator who has done more for college football than Keith Jackson ".

Longtime Saturday Night Live bandleader G. E. Smith served as the musical director.

Longtime news director John Hoffland retired on February 2, 2007, having served in that position for 23 years ; he was replaced by Glenn Mabie.

Longtime program director Jim Allison made the announcement of the station's ceasing, but also announced at the same time that Bonneville had reached a deal with WETA-FM that returned the latter station to a classical format.

Longtime producer for the studio, Hal B. Wallis, took over as the studio's executive producer.

Longtime believed by Egyptologists to be " air shafts " for ventilation, this idea has now been widely abandoned in favor of the shafts serving a ritualistic purpose associated with the ascension of the king ’ s spirit to the heavens.

Longtime observers of the Ghanaian political scene, however, identified two major issues at stake in the conflict between the government and its critics: the means by which political stability was to be achieved, and the problem of attaining sustained economic growth.

Longtime Assistant Coach, Scott Layden left Utah to be a part of the San Antonio Spurs front office.

Longtime resident Rex Jensen donated land to the city to be used for expanding the course towards the mountain.

Longtime resident and writer for The Guardian A. Harry Griffin expressed this feeling: There are other mountain sheep on the Lakeland fells, notably Swaledales and Rough-Fells, but the hardy Herdwick is the sheep most likely to be seen in and around the Duddon valley, the Coniston fells, the Buttermere fells and, through Borrowdale or Wasdale, up to the highest land in England, the Scafells.

Longtime Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School and a leading proponent of Process Theology, Loomer wrote “ The world is God because it is the source and preserver of meaning ; because the creative advance of the world in its adventure is the supreme cause to be served ; because even in our desecration of our space and time within it, the world is holy ground ; and because it contains and yet enshrouds the ultimate mystery inherent within existence itself.

Longtime Took friend Mick Wayne happened to be in the studios at the time and was roped into the session on guitar.

Longtime sponsor Circle Bar Motel and RV Park would cut back their sponsorship of the team dramatically and Crawford stated that he was unsure how many races they would be able to run without a new sponsor.

Longtime listeners to Dial-A-Song have counted at least 500 distinct songs and variations recorded by They Might Be Giants, making them one of the most prolific rock bands in history in terms of published material.

Longtime Mad editor Nick Meglin called Gaines a " living contradiction " in 2011, saying, " He was singularly the cheapest man in the world, and the most generous.

Longtime band associate Raffa Dean was enlisted to finish the tour, and former Odds member Paul Brennan subsequently joined as the band's new drummer, appearing on one of their most commercially successful albums, 1996's Hemi-Vision.

Longtime guitarist Tony Fredianelli was fired from the band in early 2010.

In 1990, Scott played a lead role in the ground-breaking film Longtime Companion, which chronicles the early years of the AIDS / HIV epidemic and its impact upon a group of American friends.

He first gained critical acclaim in the film Longtime Companion, portraying a young man with HIV during the early days of the outbreak of the virus, who becomes the first of his group of friends to succumb to the disease.

Longtime NBA writer Paul Ladewski has referred to him as Ricky Balboa, a reference to Rocky Balboa, the prize fighter of motion picture fame who was at his best in the face of long odds.

Longtime friend and former teammate Jeff Bagwell emerged from the Astros clubhouse to congratulate him.

Longtime student Dennis ( French Stewart ) has been accepted to a master's program at school in Michigan, although his mentor's influence may prohibit him from doing so.

Longtime Stampede announcer Ed Whalen reportedly became distraught during the riot, in which a woman was trampled, causing him to quit from the Stampede on air.

Longtime Hamilton Union High School Principal / Superintendent Ray Odom served as the first Superintendent of the new Hamilton Unified School District.

Longtime resident of Ada and first woman city council member and mayor.

Longtime manager Tim Cook was first introduced to the band when he booked them to play his club The Where-House in Bartlesville, Oklahoma following strong local word of mouth support.

* Longtime actor William Woodson ( though not credited ) served as the announcer of the series ( imploring the audience to stay tuned for the tag scene, in the episodes that had one ) and did various voice-over roles during the run, including the pre-recorded announcer of the intro / outro to Les ' newscasts, and the narrator of the trial results in the first season episode " Hold Up ".

( Longtime Harvey creator Lennie Herman had created Royal Roy for Star Comics ; Herman died in 1983 before the first issue of Royal Roy was published.

Longtime Companion chronicles the first years of the AIDS epidemic as seen through its impact on several gay men and the straight sister of one of them.

Longtime minor-league star Hank Robinson managed the Mavericks to a division title in 1973, their first season, and Steve " Cut " Collette managed them to a second division title in 1977, their last.

** Longtime radio music countdown show American Top 40 debuts on 5 U. S. stations with Casey Kasem as host.

Longtime hostess Christine McGlade (" Moose ") had departed the previous year, as had Alasdair Gillis ( who had been promoted to co-host with Moose in 1985 before leaving towards the end of the 1986 season ); Lisa Ruddy (" Motormouth "), Moose's longtime sidekick on the show, was also gone, having left at the end of the 1985 season.

Longtime host of Canadian children's show Mr. Dressup on CBC.

Longtime engineer and recording pioneer Jack Mullin explained how the laugh track was invented on Crosby's show with these Ampex recorders:

Longtime mixed martial arts reporter Dave Meltzer wrote: " Impact Fighting Championship's pay-per-view show from Sydney was a sad reminder of what the future may hold for many of today ’ s top stars.

" Longtime Washington broadcaster Chris Core was dismissed from WMAL in 2008 as part of a broad cost-cutting move ; his replacement, Austin Hill, was dropped in February 2009 due to Levin's show expanding and Sliwa's show moving up an hour.

Longtime featured player Jay Mohr left as well, and Al Franken, who had worked on the show as a writer and featured player on and off since 1975, left at season's end as well.

Longtime owned by the Stokely-Van Camp company, the plant fell under the United Foods International umbrella after United Foods ' 1982 $ 50 million dollar buy-out of Van Camp's frozen vegetable division.

* J. Edgar Hoover Longtime head of America's FBI ( United States ).