He also played basketball at Yale, and was the first black student in one of Yale's socially prestigious senior societies, selected by Berzelius.

A chance to have two prestigious societies collaborate was never realized.

So the National Academy of Sciences, the prestigious private society that advises the Government, was asked to study the problem.

She was the first Asian woman not the first woman to become president of the Oxford Union, the prestigious debating society.

Elihu is considered one of the most prestigious societies at Yale.

He was a long-time member of prestigious societies.

The National Academy of Sciences, often described as the nation's most prestigious honorary society for scientists, has announced the election of 61 new members.

However, initially at least, Ayrton was not well received by the more prestigious and traditional scientific societies such as the Royal Society.

Although royal recognition and membership in prestigious societies generally went to those artists who painted grand battle scenes and portraits, the public bought landscapes.