Abbess,
    Christian Orthodox       
Abbot,
    Christian Orthodox        
Accountant        
Acting Official       
Adjutant General     
Admiral         
Admiral, Texas Navy   
Adventist Minister       
Alderman         
Archbishop, Catholic        
Archbishop,
   Christian Orthodox        
Archdeacon, Episcopal        
Archimandrite        
Architect
Archpriest        
Ambassador to the U.S.
   from a foreign country      
Ambassador of the U.S.        
American Indian Chief        
Assemblyman
   U.S., State / or           
   Assemblywoman            
Associate Justice,
   U.S. Supreme Court          
Associate Justice of a
   State Supreme Court
Astronaut      
Attorney         
Attorney General           
Attorney General,
       Assistant   
Attorney, U.S.         
Australian Officials    

Baron, Baroness           
British Officials,
   Royalty, Nobility     
Brother, Catholic         
Brother,
   Christian Orthodox          
Bishop, Catholic            
Bishop,
   Christian Orthodox         
Bishop, Episcopal        
Board Member     
Boy        
Brigadier General       
Business Cards      

Canadian Officials    
Candidate    
Captain,
   USA, USAF, USMC     
Cardinal             
Chairman
    Federal Reserve      
Chairwoman      
Chancellor      
Chaplain in the
    Armed Services        
Chaplain of Congress          
Chargé d’Affaires         
Chief Executive Officer 
Chief Judge          
Chief Justice,
      U.S. Supreme Court 
Chief Justice, of a State
      Supreme Court             
Chief of Police          
Chief of Staff     
Chief Operating
   Officer          
Child            
Chiropractor     
City Manager    
Clergy & Religious
    Officials     
Club Official          
Colonel, Kentucky      
Colonel, USA, USAF,
    or USMC     
Commandant       
Commissioner, Court     
Commissioner         
Commodore of a         
      Yacht Club         
Congressman, U.S.               
Congresswoman, U.S.   
Consul and or
   Consul General    
Consultant      
Corporate Executive         
Councilman
    Councilwoman      
Counselor (Diplomat)      
Countess     
County Officials       
Couples     
Curator        

Dalai Lama          
Deacon         
Dean, academic            
Dean, clergy            
Deceased Persons        
Delegate, U.S., State            
Dentist             
Deputy Chief of Mission      
Deputy Marshal          
Designate, Elect,
    Pro Tempore      
Diplomats      
District Attorney           
Doctor, Chiropractor     
Doctor of Dentistry           
Doctor of Medicine              
Doctor, Military           
Doctor of
   Veterinary Medicine          
Doctor of Osteopathy            
Doctor, Other Disciplines     
Doctorate        
Doctorate, honorary      

Earl            
Elect, Designate
   Pro Tempore      
Emeritus/emerita      
Eminence     
Emperor    
Engineer    
Etiquette    
Excellency           

Family     
Fiancee      
Firefighter    
First, Second,
   Third, etc.        
First Lady, Spouse
   of the President of
   the United States 
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    of Her   
    White House Staff      
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   of a Governor
   or Lt. Gov.    
First Lieutenant   
Flag Protocol     
Former Officials    
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Gay Couple      
Geshe
General
    USA, USAF, USMC
Girl
Governor General         
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Governor, Lt., Spouse   
Governor, Tribal Council          
Governor, U.S. State       
Governor, Former    
Governor
    Spouse of     
Governor's Staff,
    Member of      
Governors, Board of 

High Commissioner    
Honorable, The          
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Honourable, The       

Indian Chief         
Inspector General    
Interim Official   
Introductions       
Invitations  
   Writing &  
   Addressing  
Invitations
    Military:
    Writing &
    Addressing

Judge, former     
Judge of US City or
        US Count     
Judge, US Federal            
Junior, Senior,
    I, II, III, etc.       
Justice, Associate
     Federal
     Supreme Court
Justice, Associate
     State
     Supreme Court

King     
Knight      

Late, The
   (deceased persons)        
Lawyer      
Lesbian Couple    
Lieutenant      
Lieutenant Colonel,     
   USA, USAF, USMC          
Lieutenant General,
   USA, USAF, USMC      
Lieutenant Governor         

How to Address a
Chairman of The Federal Reserve?

How to Address a Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve?
      I am sending a written invitation to Paul A. Volcker to speak to our organization. I am president of this organization for the upcoming year.
    I don't know exactly how to address Mr. Volcker in an invitation and on the envelope.  He is the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and currently the Chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. My sense from looking at your website is that I should use the latter title, since the former title now applies to someone else. But I'm still uncertain about the wording, and whether the envelope should say something different than the letter itself.
    Do I do something like the following for the envelope and the inside address:
        Paul A. Volcker
        Chairman, the President's Economic Advisory Board
    (this seems like a lot to put on one line, but I'm not sure if I and how I should break it up.)
    and then in the salutation say:
        Dear Chairman Volcker
             -- Nancy Pence, Princeton Junction

Dear Ms. Pence:
     As Chairman of the Federal Reserve he was appointed by The President, so is addressed as:
          The Honorable Paul A. Volcker
     The rule is that once an Honorable, always an Honorable.  So while he's no longer Chairman of the Fed, he's still The Honorable.
     Write his name on the invitation as the holder of his current office, not as a former office holder. When he is completely retired and holds no office you will write his name as a private citizen.
    Invitations are considered social correspondence, and on social invitations the "office held" is not included in the address.  The idea being you are not inviting the office .. but the person.
        The Honorable Paul A. Volcker
            Address
    I guess one could argue that if you mailing to his office you could include his office, but my guess is that just his name and address will get it to him.
    "Chairman Volcker" and "Mr. Chairman" are used in meetings when he is actually acting as the chair ... and you hear on TV newsreaders refer to chairmen as "Chairman (Name)."  But Chairman isn't traditionally a formal honorific like Mr., Mrs., Dr., Senator, Mayor, etc.  Consider any club of which you have been a member: you may have addressed the 'chairman' as such in a meeting ... but didn't use it all day every day.
    All these issues are covered in my book in the chapter on US Federal Officials.
             -- Robert Hickey