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• HARRIS, N.Y., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Discovery® (TCFD) today announced that Donald W. Landry, MD, PhD, has been elected to its Board of Directors .
• "Together, our Board of Directors – leaders in their respective industries – provide an invaluable scope of services to The Center.
• "The vibrant spirit of The Center for Discovery radiates in the persons it serves, its devoted staff and its inspired leadership.
• I am delighted, and deeply humbled, to join The Board of the Center for Discovery," said Dr. Landry.

• But he has also been inviting spokesmen for more surprising corners of society to discuss their current relationships with Uzbekistan.
• A businessman, with an MBA from Warwick University, Mr. Mihliev says cricket is the fastest growing sport in Uzbekistan.
• "We have high expectations of the UK helping Uzbek cricket rise quickly to professional levels," he said.
• Both Mr. Gaffney and Mr. Mihliev paid credit to Sophie Ibbotson, a UK brand ambassador for the Uzbekistan Tourism Committee, for bringing them together.

• The Queen Mother continues to inspire and empower future generations, encouraging them to preserve and improve Cambodian cuisine.
• She recognizes Chef Nak and her team's important role in restoring culinary traditions shattered by war, especially the restoration of royal cuisine.
• At the meeting, Her Majesty the Queen Mother described her meeting with Chef Nak and her team as family-like.
• During her visit with the Queen Mother, Chef Nak expressed heartfelt gratitude for this honor and pledged to elevate Cambodian cuisine on the global stage.

• It was hard to avoid the fact that it had been three decades since Clinton was in office – yet at 77, he’s somehow three years younger than Biden.
• Biden, now 80 years old, is the first octogenarian to occupy the Oval Office – and his main rival, former President Donald Trump, is 77.
• If he had run and won, he would have been 72 at the 1997 inauguration.

A trend toward older people

• For 140 years, William Henry Harrison held the record as the oldest person ever elected president, until Ronald Reagan came along.
• Harrison was a relatively spry 68 when he took office in 1841, and Reagan was 69 at his first inauguration in 1981.
• When Reagan left office at age 77, he was the oldest person ever to have served as president.

Beyond the White House

• Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley was just reelected and has turned 90, with no plans to retire.
• Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is 81 and hasn’t mentioned retirement at all.
• In the House, California Democrat and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at age 83, just announced she’s running for reelection for her 19th full term in office.
• Every one of the 20 oldest members of Congress is at least 80, and this is the third-oldest House and Senate since 1789.

Delayed retirement

• Most baby boomers who delay retirement do so because they can’t afford to stop working, due to inflation or lack of savings.
• But all of these political leaders have plenty of money in the bank – many are millionaires.
• If they retired, they would enjoy government pensions and health care benefits in addition to Medicare.
• It’s easy to see why so few of them want to walk away.

Age limits?

• There have been calls to impose age limits for federal elected office.
• Yet the most stressful job in the world has no upper age limit.
• And having the wisdom to realize that life is short and about more than just going to work.
• We’ve got to get back to electing people in their 50s and early 60s.” And the polling shows that most Americans would say, “Amen, brother.”

Mary Kate Cary does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.