Mr. Ayers, who was named president in 1985 and chief executive in 1987, is his hand-picked successor.

Is that job even going to be available for your hand-picked successor to interview me for?

Mr. Chun's hand-picked successor was formally certified as the presidential candidate.

In the past, the president has simply hand-picked his successor.

Each has then been able to turn over power to a hand-picked successor.

He handed day to day power to Son Sen, his hand-picked successor.

Oh, yes, her hand-picked successor also lacks "a sense of purpose."

First, chartering doesn't give authorizers the right to remove principals or board members and replace them with their hand-picked successors.

Degnan was seen as Byrne's hand-picked successor and received the Governor's endorsement.

In 1985, after more than two decades in power, he relinquished power to his hand-picked successor.