Mr. O'Connell, a native of East Harlem, joined the Sanitation Department in 1929 and rose to chief of staff and director of operations.

They include his chief of staff, legislative director, press secretary, campaign manager, national and state fund raisers and field director.

At his death he also held the titles of chief of hematology and director of transfusion services.

Following his postgraduate training, he became chief of laboratories and then medical director at Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital in Columbia, Mo.

"It's depressing," said Maj. David R. Pennington, chief of health promotion and director of the Wellness Center at Andrews.

Dr. Levine, chief of electrophysiology and director of the hospital's Arrhythmia Center, then shocked her heart back to a reassuring thump, thump thump.

He had also been chief of staff and director of the department of medicine at Mid-Island Hospital in Bethpage, L.I.

In January 2010, rebelling against his party switch, Griffith's congressional staff resigned en masse, including his chief of staff, legislative director, press secretary, and his intern.

He worked as an engineer in Notodden from 1904 to 1915, then as a chief of department and director in Oslo from 1915 to 1926.

Those three jobs - chief of staff, legislative director and state director - have all gone to whites who were longtime employees of Mr. Torricelli.