- Tom Osborne
I am a US House Representative for the state of NE. I am a Republican. My religion is Methodist. I am Married. I received my BA from Hastings College. I received my MS from University of Nebraska. I received my PhD from University of Nebraska. I live in Lemoyne. I was born in Hastings, NE. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "819 Diers Ave., Ste. 3, Grand Island, NE 68803". - Bill Callahan
Bill Callahan (born July 31, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, is the head coach of the University of Nebraska football team. He was named head coach of the Cornhuskers in 2004. Callahan was formerly the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League. - Ted Kooser
Ted Kooser ('62 English and speech) has elevated Iowa State University's prominence in the literary arts more than any other graduate in the university's history. Kooser, an Ames, Iowa, native who now lives in Garland, Nebraska, has written 11 books of poetry, two nonfiction books, and 11 special edition works since 1969. Kooser is best known for his poetry. - Ben Nelson
Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson (born May 17 1941) is the junior U.S. Senator from Nebraska, where he was born and has lived for most of his life. Nelson is a Methodist. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, and is now the leading conservative Democrat in the Senate. The April 2006 Survey USA poll found him to be the most popular senator in the country, with a 73% approval rating from his constituents. In the most recent poll, his approval rating was 68% - Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23,2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". - Frank Solich
Frank Solich (born September 8, 1944 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA) is the head football coach of the Ohio Bobcats. - Mari Sandoz
Marie Susette Sandoz (May 11, 1896 - March 10, 1966) was a novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She was one of Nebraska's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians. - Eric Crouch
Eric Eugene Crouch (born November 16, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American and Canadian football quarterback who played collegiately for the University of Nebraska, and currently plays professionally with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. In 2001, Crouch won the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States. - Jerry Tagge
Jerry Lee Tagge (born April 12 1950) is a former football quarterback. As the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers' quarterback, he led his team to national titles in 1970 and 1971, was named Orange Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1971 and 1972 and shared honors as Hula Bowl MVP with Walt Patulski of Notre Dame. Additionally, Tagge was an All-American in 1971 and is a member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hall of Fame. - Bess Streeter Aldrich
Bess Streeter Aldrich (b. 1881 - d. 1954) was an American author. Bess Streeter was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. After graduating from Iowa State Normal School, she taught school at several locations in the west, later returning to Cedar Falls to earn an advanced degree in education. A writer since early childhood, she won a writing contest at age fourteen and another at seventeen. In 1906, she married Charles Aldrich. - Lee Terry
Lee Raymond Terry (born January 29 1962) has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the Omaha-area Second Congressional District. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Creighton University, graduating with a degree in law. He was a member of the Omaha City Council from 1991-1998, and served for two years as president of the city council. - Jon Bruning
Jon Bruning (b. April 30, 1969, Lincoln) Attorney General of the state of Nebraska, United States, elected in 2002 and reelected in 2006. He is a fifth-generation Nebraskan. A Republican, Bruning is the youngest Attorney General in Nebraska's history. He is chairman of the Nebraska Crime Commission and serves on the Nebraska Board of Pardons. Bruning was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1996 and 2000 and served six years (four years for his first term, … - Turner Gill
Turner Gill (born August 13, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is the head coach of the Buffalo Bulls college football team and is one of six African-American head coaches in NCAA Division I-A. - Adam Carriker
Adam Carriker, (born on May 6, 1984), is a defensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football for Nebraska. - Chris Beutler
Chris Beutler (b. 1944) was a Nebraska state senator between the years of 1978-1986 and 1990-2006 in the Nebraska Legislature and is the 51st and current mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born on Nov. 14, 1944, in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from Omaha Benson High School in 1962, Yale University in 1966, and University of Nebraska's Law college in 1973. He was a U.S. Peace Corps teacher in Turkey 1966 to 1967 and 1st lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. - Alex Gordon
Alex Jonathan Gordon (born February 10, 1984 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. Gordon, a third baseman, played collegiately at the University of Nebraska. In 2005, Gordon won the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, Brooks Wallace Award, ABCA National Player of the Year Award, and Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award, and was considered by many to be the best collegiate player in the nation. - Mike Brown
Mike Brown (born February 13, 1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American football safety for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was originally selected with the eighth pick of the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of the University of Nebraska. Mike is known for his aggressiveness on the field of play, and emotional approach to the game of football. Recently Brown has established himself as a definitive leader for the Bears, both on and off the football field. - Doug Bereuter
Mr. BEREUTER. If there are no amendments, the Chair will now entertain a motion that the resolution be reported favorably to the Full Committee. - Trev Alberts
Trev Alberts is entering his third season as a game and studio analyst for CBS College Sports Network. Alberts, a former NFL first-round draft choice, serves as a studio and game analyst for the network. He was previously at ESPN from 2002-2005, and CNN from 1997-2001. Born and raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Alberts went on to become a star linebacker at the University of Nebraska. - Pete Pirsch
Pete Pirsch (born October 28, 1969) is a member of the Nebraska Legislature. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1988. He attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 1992. He received his J.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1997, and his M.B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2005. His mother, Carol McBride Pirsch, was a Nebraska State Senator from the 10th District from 1979-1997. - Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst's in the film "Bring it On". Union also starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film "Bad Boys II" and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series "City of Angels". - Jason Peter
Jason Peter (born September 13, 1974) was an All-American defensive end his senior year at the University of Nebraska and was taken in the first round (14th overall) by the Carolina Panthers in the 1998 NFL Draft. His career was shortened by a recurring and chronic neck stinger that forced him to retire after the 2001 season. He was a defensive line coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, … - Weldon Kees
Harry Weldon Kees (February 24 1914- presumed dead July 18 1955) was an American poet, critic, novelist and short story writer. - Josh Brown
Joshua Brown (born April 29, 1979 in Foyil, Oklahoma) is an American football kicker for the Seattle Seahawks. He attended the University of Nebraska. Brown is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the premiere clutch kickers in the league, making four game-winning field goals in the last minute in the 2006 season. - Hal Daub
Harold John "Hal" Daub, Jr. (born April 23, 1941 in Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina) is a politician and lawyer affiliated with the Republican Party. Daub was a collection attorney with Standard Chemical Company of Omaha for many years and served in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989, representing the 2nd congressional district of Nebraska, and from 1995 to 2001 was mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. Daub rejoined Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP in 2005, … - John Blake
John Blake (born March 6, 1961 in Rockford, Illinois) is the defensive line coach for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels football team, a position he has held since 2007. Previously, Blake had served as the defensive line coach on Bill Callahan's staff at the University of Nebraska from 2004-2006. He also held the same position at Mississippi State University in 2003. - Virginia Smith
Virginia Dodd Smith (June 30, 1911 - January 23, 2006) was an Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991 from the Third Congressional District of Nebraska. She was the first woman ever to represent the sprawling district which covers geographically the western two thirds of Nebraska. Since her retirement, no woman has been elected to Congress from Nebraska. She was born in Randolph in Fremont County in the southwestern tip of Iowa, … - Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler (born 16 December 1923, Magdeburg) is a Jewish-born German pianist. Menahem Pressler is the founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, an ensemble widely considered to be the world's leading piano trio for more than 50 years. Pressler currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana with his wife Sara. There he teaches at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and holds the Dean Charles H. Webb Chair in Music. - Dan Johnson
Daniel Ryan "Dan" Johnson (b. August 10, 1979 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota) is a first baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He graduated from Blaine High School in 1997 and attended the University of Nebraska. Johnson had an excellent rookie season with the A's in 2005, batting .275 with 15 home runs and 58 RBI. He struggled early in 2006 and was demoted to the A's triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate Sacramento River Cats in July. - Robert Audi
Robert Audi (born November 1941) is a philosopher working on ethics, especially intuitionism, at the University of Notre Dame, where he holds a joint appointment in the philosophy department and in business ethics. His 2005 book, "The Good in the Right", updates and strengthens Rossian intuitionism and develops the epistemology of ethics. He has also written important works on epistemology and political philosophy, … - Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas was a college football coach. In 1895, he coached at Nebraska, where he posted a 6-3 record in his only season there. From 1901 to 1902, he served as the head football coach at Arkansas, where he compiled a 9-8 record. As a head coach, his overall record stands at 15-11. - Brian Davis
Brian Wesley Davis (born August 31, 1963 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American football cornerback in the NFL for the Washington Redskins, the Seattle Seahawks, the San Diego Chargers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for the University of Nebraska. - Neil Smith
Neil Smith (born April 10, 1966 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former defensive end in the NFL who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1988 to 1996, Denver Broncos from 1997 to 1999, and the San Diego Chargers in 2000. Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Nebraska. One of the top defensive linemen of his era, Smith made the Pro Bowl 6 times during his career(1991 to 1995 and 1997), and led the NFL with 15 sacks in the 1993 season. - Dave Rimington
Dave Brian Rimington (born May 22, 1960) is a former American football center. He attended the University of Nebraska, where he won the Outland Trophy, given to the nation's top offensive lineman, in 1981 and 1982. In addition, he won the Lombardi Award in 1982, and placed fifth in balloting for the Heisman Trophy that same year. He made First-Team All-America in 1981 and 1982. Rimington was also a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. - Cory Ross
Cory Ross (born September 22, 1982 in Denver, CO) is an American football Running Back for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He was signed with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent on May 12, 2006. He went to college at the University of Nebraska. With the injury to B.J. Sams during the 2006 NFL season, Ross became the kick returner for the Baltimore Ravens. - Vinod Gupta
Vinod Gupta is the chairman and CEO of infoUSA (previously known as American Business Information, Inc.). He did his graduation (BTech) from IIT Kharagpur in 1967, and MS in Agricultural Engineering and MBA from the University of Nebraska in 1972. Before starting American Business Information Inc., he worked as Marketing Research Manager in Commodore Corporation. His company aimed to provide information services to American businessmen. - Paul Cameron
Paul Drummond Cameron is an American psychologist and sex researcher. While employed at various institutions including the University of Nebraska he conducted research on passive smoking and several other topics, but he is best known today for his controversial research on homosexuality. After a successful 1982 campaign against a gay rights proposal in Lincoln, Nebraska, he established the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality, … - Rulon Gardner
Rulon Gardner (born August 16, 1971 in Afton, Wyoming) is an amateur wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline from the United States. His strength is often attributed to the physical labor on the dairy farm he grew up on. He graduated from Ricks College (BYU-Idaho) with an Associates Degree and the University of Nebraska. He has his teaching credentials in Physical Education, yet he has never taught in the classroom. - Brook Berringer
Brook Warren Berringer (July 9, 1973 - April 18, 1996) was a quarterback for the University of Nebraska football team in the mid-1990s. Berringer came to Nebraska from Goodland, Kansas and played a back-up role to Tommie Frazier. He is best known for replacing an injured Tommie Frazier during the 1994 season and leading the Cornhuskers to seven consecutive wins and to the Orange Bowl national championship game against the University of Miami Hurricanes. - Shane Komine
Shane Kenji Komine (born October 18, 1980 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a right-handed major-league pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He made his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays on July 30, 2006 (6 IP, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K). He is the third American-born player of full Japanese ancestry in Major League history, after Ryan Kurosaki and Lenn Sakata.
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