The Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board officially announced: " After more than a year of studying the Prize, now in its 61st year, the Pulitzer Prize Board declares its strong desire to consider and honor the full range of distinguished American musical compositions — from the contemporary classical symphony to jazz, opera, choral, musical theater, movie scores and other forms of musical excellence ... Through the years, the Prize has been awarded chiefly to composers of classical music and, quite properly, that has been of large importance to the arts community.

The 4th Armored Division of the United States Army was an armored division that compiled a distinguished career in the European theater of World War II.

Marsha Mason has had a distinguished career in film and theater.

Pettus has been described by military historian Ezra J. Warner as " a fearless and dogged fighter and distinguished himself on many fields in the western theater of war.

In the early operations of the war, which went altogether unfavourably for the Romans, Scipio Aemilianus, though a subordinate officer, distinguished himself repeatedly, and in 147 BC he was elected consul, while yet under the minimal age required by law to hold this office, and assigned the province of Africa ( the theater of the siege ) without drawing lots, so that he might take charge of the military operations there.

Working with a distinguished faculty, students pursue any one of four disciplines — the visual arts, music ( vocal or instrumental ), theater ( acting or theater production ), or dance — in an environment that emphasizes professionalism and scholarship.

The theater was founded by distinguished downtown theater artists: director Jim Simpson, playwright Mac Wellman, and designer Kyle Chepulis.

For Vaccaro, homosexuality was just another element among others that he would use -- he distinguished between " theater people " and homosexual people using the theater for camp / drag performances.

Annetta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater.

Margeretta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater.

Northwood also has very distinguished Fine Arts Program that features 8 bands, 4 orchestras, 10 chorus ensembles, several dance groups, and a theater program that presents three plays each year.

After the bombardment the theatre featured Greek operas as well as Greek theater performances by distinguished Greek actors such as Marika Kotopouli and Pelos Katselis.

He is a distinguished professor in musical theater at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

The distinguished literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye, the former Governor-General of Canada Roméo LeBlanc, and former Supreme Court Justice Ivan Cleveland Rand, developer of the Rand Formula and Canada's representative on the UNSCOP commission.

The critic and musician Digby Fairweather sums up Beiderbecke's musical legacy, arguing that " with Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke was the most striking of jazz's cornet ( and of course, trumpet ) fathers ; a player who first captivated his 1920s generation and after his premature death, founded a dynasty of distinguished followers beginning with Jimmy McPartland and moving on down from there.

When the work was performed at the Théâtre de l ' Athénée on 13 December 1867 it was a great success, and the Revue et Gazette Musicale's critic lavished particular praise on Bizet's act: " Nothing could be more stylish, smarter and, at the same time, more distinguished ".

As a critic he was distinguished for learning and acumen.

The ritual would be performed in the presence of an art critic or distinguished dealer, an art museum director and at least two witnesses.

* Davey Warbeck, Emily's husband, a distinguished writer and critic, and also a hypochondriac who undergoes unusual remedies for the sake of his health

In later years it was as the helpful friend and adviser of others, or as the well-read critic of wide sympathies, that Tieck distinguished himself.

As a textual critic he was distinguished by considerable rashness, and never hesitated to alter, rearrange or reject as spurious what failed to reach his standard of excellence.

In an interview, Branagh stated " Well, you know, a rather distinguished critic said he was annoyed with my performance because I'd clearly played Iago gay.

Fălticeni is also the hometown of the Lovinescu family, who gave Romania four of its most distinguished men of letters of the 20th century: literary critic Eugen Lovinescu, playwright Horia Lovinescu, esoterist Vasile Lovinescu and novelist Anton Holban.

* Ludwig Lewisohn ( 1882 – 1955 ), Class of 1901-Lewisohn was a novelist, a translator and a distinguished literary and drama critic.

René Doumic ( 7 March 1860, Paris-2 December 1937 ), French critic and man of letters, was born in Paris, and after a distinguished career at the École Normale began to teach rhetoric at the College Stanislas.

Burke became a highly distinguished writer after getting out of college, and starting off serving as an editor and critic instead, while he developed his relationships with other successful writers.

A distinguished essayist and critic, he is the editor of the literary journal " Kanaiyaazhi ".

He also worked with the Scottish Orchestra ( afterwards the Royal Scottish National Orchestra ) and in Birmingham, where ( according to the local critic Sydney Grew ) he was distinguished by his imaginative programme-building.

He had a distinguished career in journalism and literature as an editorial writer and musical critic for " The Courier and Enquirer ," continuing when it merged into " The New York World ".

The second trend is represented by Giosuè Carducci, a dominant figure of this period, fiery opponent of the Romantics and restorer of the ancient metres and spirit who, great as a poet, was scarcely less distinguished as a literary critic and historian.

While film critic Bosley Crowther gave the film a mixed review, he still appreciated the acting, and wrote, " Yet, as we say, this flapdoodle, written by Ben Hecht and Andrew Solt from a novel by Guy Endore, has been handsomely produced and played by a cast which is distinguished by José Ferrer in its midst.

Scott was born in London in 1912 to Bertha Eugene and Hugh Arthur Scott, a distinguished music critic.

She came from a distinguished Essex family, and married the art and literary critic Alexander Gilchrist in 1851.

The CCF was the official opposition party during this period, and Johnson distinguished himself in the legislature as his party's health and welfare critic.

Merck distinguished himself mainly as a critic ; his keen perception, critical perspicacity and refined taste made him a valuable guide to the young writers of the Sturm und Drang.

One man who does not personally like the composition, but can see the genius that scored it, is Carl Bowerman, the elderly and distinguished Music critic who joins the owner of the Opera House, Sebastian Levinne, for a private drink.

The Duke at the time, the founder and colonel of the regiment, was the Duchess of Richmond's father, and he saw no active service overseas during the Napoleonic Wars ; his son and the Duchess's brother, the Marquis of Huntly ( later the 5th Duke ) was a distinguished general, but also missed the Waterloo campaign ; the senior representative of the family at the battle was in fact the Duchess's own twenty-three-year-old son, the Earl of March, who would eventually become the 5th Duke's heir in 1836, and who served as a major and an aide de camp to the Duke of Wellington ; another branch of the family was represented by another ADC, Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon, aged twenty-eight or twenty-nine, the brother of the Earl of Aberdeen ; in reality, both were young men similar in age and duty to Lord Hay.

Queen's has been led by a distinguished line of Vice-chancellors, including Sir David Keir, Lord Ashby of Brandon, Dr Michael Grant, Sir Arthur Vick, Sir Peter Froggatt, Sir Gordon Beveridge, and Sir George Bain, the current Vice Chancellor is Professor Sir Peter Gregson.

These deceived not only members of the First Presidency — notably Gordon B. Hinckley, the defacto president of the church — but also document experts and distinguished historians.

Over two hundred of the union's distinguished alumni turned out for the event, including: former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy ; former Conservative Minister of Health Gerald Malone ; Channel Four Business Correspondent Sarah Smith ; Labour peers Lord James Gordon and Baroness Smith, wife of former Leader of the Opposition and friend of the union, John Smith ; Lord Justice Clerk Lord Gill ; football commentator Archie Macpherson and comedian Len Murray.

Gordon is currently a lawyer for global law firm K & L Gates, a lobbying shop " that represents the hi-tech and energy sectors ," and is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Competitiveness.

At present, there are 14 faculties, 86 academic departments and 79 colleges spread all over the city, with 132435 regular students and 261169 students in non-formal education programmes and the annual honorary degrees ( Honoris causa ) of the University have been conferred upon several distinguished people, including Amitabh Bachchan, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Cardiologist Dr. Jayantibhai Patel, cartoonist R. K. Laxman and scientist CNR Rao ( 2006 ); and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ( 2008 ).

The cast included Orson Bean, Sydney Chaplin, Carol Lawrence, Gordon Connell, Grayson Hall, and Green's wife Phyllis Newman ( whose costume, consisting solely of a towel, was probably Freddy Wittop's easiest design in his distinguished career ), with newcomers Michael Bennett and Valerie Harper in the chorus.

According to Najlis ( 1968 ) and Gordon ( 2005 ), three main dialects can be distinguished in the Wichí group: southwestern or Vejós ( Wehwós ), northeastern or Güisnay ( Weenhayek ) and northwestern or Nocten ( Oktenay ).

It is to be distinguished from the dissenting academy " The Manchester Academy " or " Manchester College " based on the well-known Warrington Academy which was based in Manchester 1786-1803, York 1804-1840, Manchester again 1840-1853, London, in University Hall, Gordon Square 1853-1889 ( where James Martineau taught ), Oxford 1893-1995, and since 1996 is a full college of Oxford University as Harris Manchester College, Oxford.