1.  As commissioner, Ward held a post occupied for decades by men of Irish descent.

2.  DeKalb Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones is the first African-American to hold that post.

3.  Deutsch was also, at his death, the chief editor and publisher of Der Yid, having held those posts since he founded the paper 40 years ago.

4.  Doerig has overseen international capital markets, securities trading, commercial banking in Asia and Australia and held various posts in London, Zurich and New York.

5.  Downing, 56, held posts in Moscow and Beijing, and worked at the agency's headquarters before retiring in 1995, former colleagues said.

6.  Dunlop was elected president of the American Petroleum Institute, the industry trade group, in 1965, and held the post for two years.

7.  Dr. Rosensaft also held high posts in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp and the Central Jewish Committee in the British Zone.

8.  During the Clinton administration, another African American lawyer from Boston, Deval Patrick, held the post.

9.  Earlier he held posts in the design field at the Brooklyn Museum for decades.

10.  Earlier in her 25-year diplomatic career, she held other posts in Cuba.