Patrician Director of Met Museum Will Retire
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Philippe de Montebello, who has led the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 30 years, announced Tuesday that he planned to retire at the end of the year.
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Former opera diva Beverly Sills has stepped down from her volunteer job as chairwoman of New York's Metropolitan Opera, citing family and personal reasons in a statement on the opera Web site on Tuesday.
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Whatever happens, a director may not return to the Met.
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The Florida judge noted for his unorthodox oversight of the Anna Nicole Smith case says he is retiring at the end of July.
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New Culture Secretary promises 'punter power' for theatre, galleries, museums ... and football
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The Smithsonian Board of Regents yesterday took steps to overhaul the way the museum system is managed and accepted the resignation of its second-ranking executive as it offered stern self-criticism of how the institution has been run in the past decade.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement from frontline politics on Sunday after a 45-year career that was strong on symbolic gestures but short on concrete reforms.Comment
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Meg Whitman, the Web-pioneering chief executive of eBay Inc., is preparing to retire after a decade at the helm of the online auctioneer, according to a published report.
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USA Today publisher Gannett Co Inc  said on Thursday that the president of its newspaper division  will retire in late May.
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Italian designer Valentino, whose signature flaming red couture gowns have graced royalty, Hollywood stars and the international jet set for 45 years, announced Tuesday he was stepping down as head designer of the Valentino fashion house.
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White House budget director Rob Portman is stepping down and will be replaced by former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Paul G. Risser, acting director at the Smithsonianâs National Museum of Natural History, is to step down on Friday after nine months in the job. Mr. Risser, a biologist, will return to his position as chairman of the University of Oklahoma Research Cabinet. âI came here originally for a six-month period, and that has stretched longer,â Mr. Risser, 68, said. He replaced CristiÃ¡n Samper in April, when Mr. Samper was named acting secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Samper succeeded Lawrence M. Small, who resigned in March after an investigation into his personal spending. While Mr. Risser was acting director, the Smithsonian Regents, its governing body, debated the appropriateness of accepting a $5 million donation for its Ocean Initiative from the American Petroleum Institute, prompting the institute to withdraw the offer.
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In the latest of a string of departures of White House aides, U.S. budget director Rob Portman announced on Tuesday he is stepping down after just over a year on the job.
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Philippe de Montebello has served 30 years as director of the Metropolitan Museum, longer than any other major art museum director in America.
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USA Today publisher Gannett Co Inc said on Thursday that the president of its newspaper division will retire in late May.
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Eras will end at the New York Philharmonic next season as Lorin Maazel finishes his seven-year run as music director and Stanley Drucker, the principal clarinetist, retires.
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Former police commissioner and one-time Cabinet nominee Bernard Kerik said Wednesday he will leave Giuliani Partners, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's consulting firm.