diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/BasicProfilesGetter.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/BasicProfilesGetter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e63946b46
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+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/BasicProfilesGetter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.accounts.manageproxies.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QuerySolution;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationProperties;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.AbstractAjaxResponder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.ImageUtil;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.SparqlQueryRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Get the basic auto-complete info for the profile selection.
+ */
+public class BasicProfilesGetter extends AbstractAjaxResponder {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BasicProfilesGetter.class);
+
+	private static final String PROPERTY_PROFILE_TYPES = "proxy.eligibleTypeList";
+	private static final String PARAMETER_SEARCH_TERM = "term";
+
+	private static final String QUERY_BASIC_PROFILES = "" //
+			+ "PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> \n" //
+			+ "PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> \n" //
+			+ "\n" //
+			+ "SELECT DISTINCT ?uri ?label ?classLabel ?imageUrl \n" //
+			+ "WHERE { \n" //
+			+ "    %typesUnion% \n" //
+			+ "    ?uri rdfs:label ?label ; \n" //
+			+ "    FILTER (REGEX(str(?label), '^%term%', 'i')) \n" //
+			+ "} \n" //
+			+ "ORDER BY ASC(?label) \n" //
+			+ "LIMIT 25 \n";
+
+	private final String term;
+	private final OntModel fullModel;
+	private final String placeholderImageUrl;
+
+	public BasicProfilesGetter(HttpServlet servlet, VitroRequest vreq,
+			HttpServletResponse resp) {
+		super(servlet, vreq, resp);
+		fullModel = vreq.getJenaOntModel();
+
+		term = getStringParameter(PARAMETER_SEARCH_TERM, "");
+
+		placeholderImageUrl = UrlBuilder.getUrl(ImageUtil
+				.getPlaceholderImagePathForType(VitroVocabulary.USERACCOUNT));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String prepareResponse() throws IOException, JSONException {
+		log.debug("search term is '" + term + "'");
+		if (term.isEmpty()) {
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		} else {
+			String queryStr = QUERY_BASIC_PROFILES.replace("%typesUnion%",
+					buildTypeClause()).replace("%term%", term);
+
+			JSONArray jsonArray = new SparqlQueryRunner<JSONArray>(fullModel,
+					new BasicProfileInfoParser()).executeQuery(queryStr);
+
+			String response = jsonArray.toString();
+			log.debug(response);
+			return response;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String buildTypeClause() {
+		String typesString = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(vreq).getProperty(
+				PROPERTY_PROFILE_TYPES, "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing");
+		String[] types = typesString.split(",");
+
+		String typeClause = "{ ?uri rdf:type <" + types[0].trim() + "> }";
+		for (int i = 1; i < types.length; i++) {
+			typeClause += " UNION { ?uri rdf:type <" + types[i].trim() + "> }";
+		}
+		
+		return typeClause;
+	}
+
+
+	/** Parse a query row into a map of keys and values. */
+	private static class BasicProfileInfoParser extends JsonArrayParser {
+		@Override
+		protected Map<String, String> parseSolutionRow(QuerySolution solution) {
+			Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+			map.put("uri", solution.getResource("uri").getURI());
+			map.put("label", ifLiteralPresent(solution, "label", ""));
+			map.put("classLabel", "");
+			map.put("imageUrl", "");
+			return map;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/BasicProxiesGetter.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/BasicProxiesGetter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bcc599cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/BasicProxiesGetter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.accounts.manageproxies.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QuerySolution;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.AbstractAjaxResponder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.ModelContext;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.OntModelSelector;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.ImageUtil;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.SparqlQueryRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Get the basic auto-complete info for the proxy selection.
+ */
+public class BasicProxiesGetter extends AbstractAjaxResponder {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(BasicProxiesGetter.class);
+
+	private static final String PARAMETER_SEARCH_TERM = "term";
+
+	private static final String QUERY_BASIC_PROXIES = "" //
+			+ "PREFIX fn: <http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions#> \n" //
+			+ "PREFIX auth: <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/authorization#> \n" //
+			+ "\n" //
+			+ "SELECT DISTINCT ?uri ?label \n" //
+			+ "WHERE { \n" //
+			+ "    ?uri a auth:UserAccount ; \n" //
+			+ "            auth:firstName ?firstName ; \n" //
+			+ "            auth:lastName ?lastName . \n" //
+			+ "    LET ( ?label := fn:concat(?lastName, ', ', ?firstName) )" //
+			+ "    FILTER (REGEX(?label, '^%term%', 'i')) \n" //
+			+ "} \n" //
+			+ "ORDER BY ASC(?lastName) ASC(?firstName) \n" //
+			+ "LIMIT 25 \n"; //
+
+	private final String term;
+	private final OntModel userAccountsModel;
+	private final String placeholderImageUrl;
+
+	public BasicProxiesGetter(HttpServlet servlet, VitroRequest vreq,
+			HttpServletResponse resp) {
+		super(servlet, vreq, resp);
+		term = getStringParameter(PARAMETER_SEARCH_TERM, "");
+
+		ServletContext ctx = vreq.getSession().getServletContext();
+		OntModelSelector oms = ModelContext.getUnionOntModelSelector(ctx);
+		userAccountsModel = oms.getUserAccountsModel();
+
+		placeholderImageUrl = UrlBuilder.getUrl(ImageUtil
+				.getPlaceholderImagePathForType(VitroVocabulary.USERACCOUNT));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String prepareResponse() throws IOException, JSONException {
+		log.debug("search term is '" + term + "'");
+		if (term.isEmpty()) {
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		} else {
+			String queryStr = QUERY_BASIC_PROXIES.replace("%term%", term);
+
+			JSONArray jsonArray = new SparqlQueryRunner<JSONArray>(
+					userAccountsModel, new BasicProxyInfoParser(
+							placeholderImageUrl)).executeQuery(queryStr);
+
+			String response = jsonArray.toString();
+			log.debug(response);
+			return response;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** Parse a query row into a map of keys and values. */
+	private static class BasicProxyInfoParser extends JsonArrayParser {
+		private final String placeholderImageUrl;
+
+		public BasicProxyInfoParser(String placeholderImageUrl) {
+			this.placeholderImageUrl = placeholderImageUrl;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected Map<String, String> parseSolutionRow(QuerySolution solution) {
+			Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+			map.put("uri", solution.getResource("uri").getURI());
+			map.put("label", ifLiteralPresent(solution, "label", ""));
+			map.put("classLabel", "");
+			map.put("imageUrl", placeholderImageUrl);
+			return map;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/ManageProxiesAjaxController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/ManageProxiesAjaxController.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4747e6bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/ManageProxiesAjaxController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.accounts.manageproxies.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.ManageOwnProxies;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.ManageProxies;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.VitroAjaxController;
+
+/**
+ * Handle the AJAX functions that are specific to the ManageProxies pages.
+ */
+public class ManageProxiesAjaxController extends VitroAjaxController {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory
+			.getLog(ManageProxiesAjaxController.class);
+
+	private static final String PARAMETER_ACTION = "action";
+
+	@Override
+	protected Actions requiredActions(VitroRequest vreq) {
+		return new Actions(new ManageOwnProxies()).or(new ManageProxies());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void doRequest(VitroRequest vreq, HttpServletResponse resp)
+			throws ServletException, IOException {
+		try {
+			String function = vreq.getParameter(PARAMETER_ACTION);
+			if ("getAvailableProxies".equals(function)) {
+				new BasicProxiesGetter(this, vreq, resp).processRequest();
+			} else if ("moreProxyInfo".equals(function)) {
+				new MoreProxyInfo(this, vreq, resp).processRequest();
+			} else if ("getAvailableProfiles".equals(function)) {
+				new BasicProfilesGetter(this, vreq, resp).processRequest();
+			} else if ("moreProfileInfo".equals(function)) {
+				new MoreProfileInfo(this, vreq, resp).processRequest();
+			} else {
+				log.error("Unrecognized function: '" + function + "'");
+				resp.getWriter().write("[]");
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			log.error(e, e);
+			resp.getWriter().write("[]");
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/MoreProfileInfo.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/MoreProfileInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77eaee0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/MoreProfileInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.accounts.manageproxies.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.AbstractAjaxResponder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ObjectPropertyStatementDao;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.ImageUtil;
+
+/**
+ * Get more information (class label and image URL) about a selected proxy.
+ */
+public class MoreProfileInfo extends AbstractAjaxResponder {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(MoreProfileInfo.class);
+
+	private static final String PARAMETER_PROFILE_URI = "uri";
+
+	private final ObjectPropertyStatementDao opsDao;
+
+	private final String profileUri;
+
+	public MoreProfileInfo(HttpServlet servlet, VitroRequest vreq,
+			HttpServletResponse resp) {
+		super(servlet, vreq, resp);
+		opsDao = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getObjectPropertyStatementDao();
+
+		profileUri = getStringParameter(PARAMETER_PROFILE_URI, "");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String prepareResponse() throws IOException, JSONException {
+		log.debug("profile URI is '" + profileUri + "'");
+		if (profileUri.isEmpty()) {
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		}
+
+		Individual profileInd = indDao.getIndividualByURI(profileUri);
+		if (profileInd == null) {
+			log.debug("no such individual");
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		}
+
+		Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		map.put("imageUrl", getFullImageUrl(profileInd));
+		map.put("classLabel", getMostSpecificTypeLabel(profileInd.getURI()));
+
+		JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
+		jsonArray.put(map);
+		String response = jsonArray.toString();
+
+		log.debug("response is '" + response + "'");
+		return response;
+	}
+
+	private String getMostSpecificTypeLabel(String uri) {
+		Map<String, String> types = opsDao
+				.getMostSpecificTypesInClassgroupsForIndividual(uri);
+		if (types.isEmpty()) {
+			return "";
+		} else {
+			return types.values().iterator().next();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String getFullImageUrl(Individual ind) {
+		String path = ind.getThumbUrl();
+		if ((path == null) || path.isEmpty()) {
+			path = ImageUtil.getPlaceholderImagePathForIndividual(vreq,
+					ind.getURI());
+		}
+		return UrlBuilder.getUrl(path);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/MoreProxyInfo.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/MoreProxyInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27cab1a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/accounts/manageproxies/ajax/MoreProxyInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.accounts.manageproxies.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.SelfEditingConfiguration;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.UserAccount;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.AbstractAjaxResponder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ObjectPropertyStatementDao;
+
+/**
+ * Get more information (class label and image URL) about a selected proxy.
+ */
+public class MoreProxyInfo extends AbstractAjaxResponder {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(MoreProxyInfo.class);
+
+	private static final String PARAMETER_PROXY_URI = "uri";
+
+	private final ObjectPropertyStatementDao opsDao;
+
+	private final String proxyUri;
+
+	public MoreProxyInfo(HttpServlet servlet, VitroRequest vreq,
+			HttpServletResponse resp) {
+		super(servlet, vreq, resp);
+		opsDao = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getObjectPropertyStatementDao();
+
+		proxyUri = getStringParameter(PARAMETER_PROXY_URI, "");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String prepareResponse() throws IOException, JSONException {
+		log.debug("proxy URI is '" + proxyUri + "'");
+		if (proxyUri.isEmpty()) {
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		}
+
+		UserAccount user = uaDao.getUserAccountByUri(proxyUri);
+		if (user == null) {
+			log.debug("no such user");
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		}
+
+		List<Individual> inds = SelfEditingConfiguration.getBean(vreq)
+				.getAssociatedIndividuals(indDao, user);
+		if (inds.isEmpty()) {
+			log.debug("no profile");
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		}
+		Individual profileInd = inds.get(0);
+
+		Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		map.put("imageUrl", getFullImageUrl(profileInd));
+		map.put("classLabel", getMostSpecificTypeLabel(profileInd.getURI()));
+
+		JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
+		jsonArray.put(map);
+		String response = jsonArray.toString();
+
+		log.debug("response is '" + response + "'");
+		return response;
+	}
+
+	private String getMostSpecificTypeLabel(String uri) {
+		Map<String, String> types = opsDao
+				.getMostSpecificTypesInClassgroupsForIndividual(uri);
+		if (types.isEmpty()) {
+			return "";
+		} else {
+			return types.values().iterator().next();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String getFullImageUrl(Individual ind) {
+		String thumbnailUrl = ind.getThumbUrl();
+		if ((thumbnailUrl == null) || thumbnailUrl.isEmpty()) {
+			return "";
+		} else {
+			return UrlBuilder.getUrl(thumbnailUrl);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml b/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1484a5cb4..180b92069 100644
--- a/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -666,6 +666,15 @@
     <url-pattern>/manageProxies/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
 
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>ProxiesAjax</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.accounts.manageproxies.ajax.ManageProxiesAjaxController</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>ProxiesAjax</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/proxiesAjax/*</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
   <servlet>
     <servlet-name>ShowAuth</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.admin.ShowAuthController</servlet-class>