Burtchaell not only taught at Notre Dame, he was the Provost, and was considered by many to be the logical successor as president to Father Theodore Hesburgh. (firstthings.com)
Rudolf Bultmann, arguably the greatest New Testament scholar of the twentieth century, and in many ways the logical successor of Kähler, blamed this failure on the outmoded mythological language of the New Testament. (religion-online.org)
Wright considered himself a logical successor to Silver, and had already begun asking fellow members for their support. (nystateofpolitics.com)