61.   After rearing eight children, she became a receptionist a decade ago and rose to become assistant vice president at a large bank.

62.   Ahmed had been an abandoned child who rose to become a world traveler and something of an electronics magnate in Somalia.

63.   Basson rose to become regional secretary of the National Union of Leather Workers.

64.   Born in poverty, Campbell rose to become an Olympic athlete, businessman, rancher and maker of traditional Indian jewelry.

65.   He began his career with the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and rose to become its executive director.

66.   He joined United Scientific Holdings, a defense contractor, and rose to become chairman, before becoming a government adviser on defense.

67.   He rose to become editor of its arts section before moving to television.

68.   He rose to become director of research at the prestigious Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.

69.   He rose to become editor of several weeklies, including Rose el-Youssef magazine, and the state-run daily Al-Ahram.

70.   He was born to a Mexican immigrant, dropped out of high school then rose to become speaker of the state Assembly, where he served six years.