Ted Kelly, Econ’77, is senior project manager of regulatory services at Burns & McDonnell, having joined the company in 1998. Ted earned a bachelor of science degree in economics with a minor in engineering management from Missouri S&T in 1977, and an MBA in utility regulation and management from Indiana University in 1983. He serves on the S&T Corporate Development Council and as an alumni ambassador. While at S&T, he played on the baseball team and was a leader in the Economics Club. Ted grew up in Branson, Missouri, and now lives in the Kansas City area. He and his wife, Carol, have two adult children — a daughter, Erin, who earned a Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University, where she now teaches; and a son, Doug, a 2010 computer engineering graduate of S&T who is now employed by a major Silicon Valley company. Ted was a registered state basketball official and coached youth sports teams for many years. 

Rachel Jung, MBA’09 earned a graduate certificate in enterprise resource planning in 2008. An information technology director at Brewer Science in Rolla, Missouri, she grew up in Washington, Missouri, and now lives in Rolla with her husband, Steven, also an S&T graduate, and their two young boys. While at S&T, Rachel was a founding member of the S&T MBA Association and worked for the biological sciences department’s cDNA Resource Center, handling the business side of operations. Rachel is a member of the Miner Alumni Association board of directors and enjoys hosting events for the Central Ozarks section. In 2012, Rachel initiated a photography and social media initiative, Uncover Rolla, that can be found on popular social media platforms and is still active today.

Nathan Ayres, MBA'16, is manager of marketing and communications at Brewer Science. Nathan earned bachelor of science degrees in nuclear engineering and engineering management from S&T in 2007. While at S&T, Nathan was a leader in the American Nuclear Society and Christian Campus Fellowship, as well as held a reactor operators license for the S&T nuclear research reactor on campus. Nathan currently serves on the Marketing Advisory Committee with Geared For Phelps and the Marketing Advisory Team for Rolla Technical Institute. He and his wife, Christina, who earned a masters degree in math from S&T, with their two children, Carissa and Noah, enjoy their hobby farm with their dogs, chickens, ducks, and Greta the goose. 

Diane Butrus, CSci’85, is chief operating officer of Diba Imports, a footwear distributor. She is from the St. Louis area and lives there now. A founding member of the S&T Academy of Miner Athletics, she played for the Lady Miner softball team as a student. Diane has served on the board of her condominium association for over three years, and was president for two of those years. She led the finance committee of Explore Transplant, a nonprofit organization committed to kidney transplant education. She spends most of her free time bicycling, and participates in multiple charity rides a year. She drives a Tesla Model S and says she is “thrilled to hear Rolla is getting a supercharging station!” Diane lives with her girlfriend, Me’Shel Riedel, and occasionally Me’Shel’s son Alex, who is a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis studying architecture.

Larry Gragg is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of history and political science at Missouri S&T. A native of Nevada, Missouri, he joined the history and political science department in 1977 and was chair of the department from 2003 to 2015. He is the recipient of 11 Outstanding Teaching Awards, four Faculty Excellence Awards, the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the University of Missouri System President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the University of Missouri System's Thomas Jefferson Award. Larry holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Missouri. He and his wife, Doris, have one daughter, Julie.