(7,'','Brett','Ratcliffe','Belize, Guatemala, Mexico',0,0,'Professor and Curator, University of Nebraska State Museum','','Brett Ratcliffe, who some call an extreme scientist, studies beetles in Central America.','Brett Ratcliffe is leading the five-year research project funded by a $481,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the dynastine scarab beetles in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Also known as rhinoceros beetles, they include some of the largest living insects, some reaching nearly 6 inches long. The most important thing for the new study, Ratcliffe said, is to help citizens in the three countries understand how important it is to them to preserve their local habitat.'),
(8,'','Charles','Wood','Africa - Zambia',0,0,'Lewis Lehr/3M University Professor of Biology and Director, Nebraska Center for Virology ','','Charles Wood empowers Zambians to fight the HIV/AIDS battle themselves.','For a poor and underdeveloped nation like Zambia, assistance from other nations is the only way to fight AIDS. But Charles Wood, UNL molecular virologist and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, is offering assistance that empowers Zambians to fight the battle themselves. With funding from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Program, Wood provides programs that help Zambian researchers understand how HIV and AIDS-associated cancer viruses cause disease and train them to detect and prevent disease transmission.'),
(9,'','Christopher','Elbow','USA - Kansas City, MO',0,0,'Chef and Chocolatier','','Christopher Elbow, ''96, has developed a national reputation for his exquisite handmade chocolates.','Decorated with boldly colored splashes and swirls of cocoa butter, Christopher Elbow''s chocolates resemble miniature abstract expressionist paintings. Elbow, a ''96 UNL graduate in restaurant and business administration, recalls that in one of his first food science classes, he did an experiment about how differing temperatures affect the tempering of chocolate. Unbeknownst to him at the time, it was his entree into making Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates in Kansas City, and how sweet it is for him and his loyal customers.'),
(10,'','Cindy','McCaffrey','USA - San Francsico, CA',0,0,'Retired Google Marketing Executive','','Cindy McCaffrey, ''80, shaped marketing blitz that helped make "Google" what it is today.','Among those first few Google staffers (the company employs tens of thousands of people worldwide today), none would shine with greater radiance than the new director of corporate marketing. Talk to the cyber-experts in Silicon Valley about the extraordinary marketing blitz that McCaffrey engineered for Google - a PR-based strategy that depended almost entirely on winning no-cost news media coverage, and not on buying expensive ads - and they''ll all tell you that the brilliant campaign was the brainchild of the former journalism student at UNL.'),
(10,'','Cindy','McCaffrey','USA - San Francisco, CA',0,0,'Retired Google Marketing Executive','','Cindy McCaffrey, ''80, shaped marketing blitz that helped make "Google" what it is today.','Among those first few Google staffers (the company employs tens of thousands of people worldwide today), none would shine with greater radiance than the new director of corporate marketing. Talk to the cyber-experts in Silicon Valley about the extraordinary marketing blitz that McCaffrey engineered for Google - a PR-based strategy that depended almost entirely on winning no-cost news media coverage, and not on buying expensive ads - and they''ll all tell you that the brilliant campaign was the brainchild of the former journalism student at UNL.'),
(11,'','Granville','Coggs','USA - San Antonio, TX',0,0,'Retired Radiologist and Medical School Professor','','Granville Coggs, ''49, triumphed over 1940s racial discrimination to become part of a living American legend.','"I''m over 80 years old now," he says with a quiet smile, "but I can still remember that first solo flight as if it happened yesterday. I know I''ll never forget the moment when my wheels lifted off the runway and I realized that I was actually flying an aircraft by myself."'),
(12,'','David','Harwood','Antarctica',0,0,'Professor and Stout Chair in Stratigraphy','','David Harwood brings the entire continent of Antarctica into his UNL classroom.','David Harwood has gained firsthand perspective of the Antarctica''s role in past, present and future global climate change. In 2009, Harwood headed back into the classroom - and he brought the entire continent with him. In the spring semester, Harwood led a new geology course that lets students tour Antarctica without having to take an 11,500-mile trip or endure the Antarctic climate. The course employed the audio-visual power of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center to bring the continent to UNL.'),
(13,'','Claude M.','Bolton, Jr.','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Defense Acquisition University Executive In Residence','','Air Force "Top Gun" Claude Bolton Thrives On New Challenge: Acquiring Equipment For The Army','Bolton''s military record shows that he isn''t exaggerating, when he talks about his natural talent for flying. During a distinguished career of 33 years, he served as a combat pilot, as a flight instructor, as a cutting-edge test pilot who flew a dozen different types of newly developed aircraft over the years, as the deputy program director for the B-2 Bomber System Program - and also as the director of the Air Force''s critically important Advanced Cruise Missile System Program Office.'),
(14,'','John','Janovy, Jr.','USA - Ogallala, NE',0,0,'Varner Professor of Biological Sciences','','John Janovy, Jr., is at his best teaching biology in the field.','John Janovy has been named a "Conservation Hero" by The Nature Conservancy. He''s been given the Clark P. Read Mentorship Award at the national assembly of the American Society of Parasitologists for his exemplary work with graduate students. He''s even written a book encouraging future and current college students to make the most of their college careers. But most people know him for his passion for working with students in the summer field program at Cedar Point near Lake Ogallala.'),
(15,'','John','Hoerner','Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary',0,0,'Chief Executive of Central European Clothing, Tesco ','','John Hoerner, ''61, has been a leader in European retail for more than 20 years.','John Hoerner graduated with a degree in business administration and is currently the chief executive of Central European Clothing for Tesco, the United Kingdom''s largest retailer. He has held numerous executive-level posts in stores and chains in the United States and since 1987 in the United Kingdom. As chief executive of clothing, Hoerner led the expansion of Tesco''s business in the United Kingdom. In his most recent role, he is developing a centralized buying operation for Tesco clothing in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.'),
(16,'','Jeffrey','Raikes','',0,0,'Namesake of the <a href="http://raikes.unl.edu">Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management</a> and University of Nebraska Foundation trustee.','','Jeffrey Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, is a major supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.','Jeffrey Raikes is a great supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, as evidenced by the name of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Compter Science and Management. But even before the school was renamed in his honor in June 2008, Raikes was an advocate for the former J.D. Edwards Honors Program and a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation. He also makes time to speak on campus, as he did in May 2009 at The Future of Water for Food conference.'),
(17,'','Jay','Keasling','USA - San Francsico, CA',0,0,'Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of California Berkeley','','Jay Keasling, ''86, runs a lab that is creating a cure for malaria.','Keasling''s work may soon influence the health and well being of every person on the planet. He and his colleagues are developing an affordable malaria medicine that - in combination with an existing drug - appears to permanently eradicate the disease in an infected individual. In his "spare time," Keasling is also researching Prostratin, a medication that occurs in its natural form in trees grown on an island in the South Pacific. An ethno botanist took samples to the National Institutes of Health, where researchers purified the active ingredient and found that it was effective against HIV.'),
(17,'','Jay','Keasling','USA - San Francisco, CA',0,0,'Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of California Berkeley','','Jay Keasling, ''86, runs a lab that is creating a cure for malaria.','Keasling''s work may soon influence the health and well being of every person on the planet. He and his colleagues are developing an affordable malaria medicine that - in combination with an existing drug - appears to permanently eradicate the disease in an infected individual. In his "spare time," Keasling is also researching Prostratin, a medication that occurs in its natural form in trees grown on an island in the South Pacific. An ethno botanist took samples to the National Institutes of Health, where researchers purified the active ingredient and found that it was effective against HIV.'),
(18,'\0','Karen','Kunc','France, Poland and Ital',0,0,'Cather Professor of Art ','','Karen Kunc, ''75, is an artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world.','Kunc has had one-person exhibitions at dozens of galleries throughout the United States and in the Czech Republic, Japan and Finland. Her works have been shown in more than 350 exhibits in the United States and 25 nations. In 2007, Kunc received the prestigious Printmaker Emeritus Award at the 36th annual conference of The Southern Graphics Council. It is one of the most prestigious national awards for printmakers. '),
(19,'','Juanita','Page','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Discovery Health Channel Network Manager and Advertising Sales Producer','','Juanita Page, ''04, is the network manager and advertising sales producer for Discovery Health Channel.','Page graduated from the J school with a broadcasting degree in December 2004. She credits the college with its hands-on courses and ability to prepare students with real world experiences. Those experiences helped her to learn the skills she applies now for success at the Discovery Health Channel in Washington, D.C., where she produces and writes commercials.'),
(20,'','Jorge Alberto','Rodriguez','Buenos Aires, Argentina',0,0,'Past Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina ','','Jorge Rodriguez, ''79, ''80, is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina.','Jorge Rodriguez is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina. After completing a bachelor''s degree in agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires, he started his career as director of alfalfa genetics research. He later resumed graduate studies at UNL, earning both a master''s and a doctorate in agronomy before returning home to improve agricultural research and productivity. '),
