As head of the executive branch, the president must appoint the top officials for all of the federal agencies. These positions are listed in the Plum Book which outlines more than 7,000 appointive positions in the government.
1 When you have a Ph.D., sign your name either as Dr. Ernest Smith or Ernest Smith, Ph.D. 2  If you have a Ph.D. you should engrave all your personal envelopes or labels with either Dr. Ernest Smith or Ernest Smith, Ph.D.his is the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in his Treatise on Justice. (Question 58). Therefore, one should address a person with a doctorate by his title, and the person should have no fear in calling himself or herself by that name.
Report Abuse. PHD is normally written PhD which is an abbreviation for Doctor in Philosophy.This can be in any field of study-Chemistry, sociology; etc. The title itself invokes the word doctor so necessarily we have to call a PhD by his title. Kean Â· 10 years ago.