Arthur C. Parker and Henry Standing Bear made brief appearances as elder statesman. He has been called a sort of elder statesman of Calvinist continuationists. Rakshasa became Chandragupta's chief advisor, and Chanakya assumed the position of an elder statesman. The National Aeronautic Association named Thompson as one of its 1990 "Elder Statesman of Aviation". Montagu maintained a close relationship with the elder statesman, William Pulteney, Lord Bath. First he visited the former Chancellor and elder statesman, Prince Bismarck. For any elder statesman of rock, they would be shockingly good. Authorities once described him as an "elder statesman" of the Outfit. At 78, he is considered a foremost elder statesman. After his resignation, Macmillan lived out a long retirement as an elder statesman. He is, however, retired, remaining a highly respected elder statesman. He continued to be a prominent elder statesman until his death on 6 July 1976. Early biographers largely lionized him as a grand elder statesman of espionage and ornithology. Edge spent his final years as the elder statesman of the New Jersey Republican party. The National Aeronautic Association honored him in 1969 with the Elder Statesman of Aviation Award.