Katz, Mimi, 1926-2015
Description
Miriam "Mimi" Katz (1926-2015) was a convention sales and community relations representative and community activist in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born Miriam Goldberg on April 25, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, she married George Katz and moved to Las Vegas in 1957. She worked for Clark County School District briefly before leaving to raise her family. After her three daughters grew older, Katz worked in convention sales for the Las Vegas Hilton, Sands, and Sahara hotels. During the 1980s she handled community relations for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and worked with Edythe Katz-Yarchever to develop and manage the Federation's Holocaust education program, which later became the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center. Katz also volunteered many hours to numerous charitable, community, civic, educational, Jewish, and Democratic organizations and causes. Temple Beth Sholom, Easter Seals, Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Brandeis National Committee Las Vegas Chapter, and Volunteers in Medicine are some of the organizations with which she was involved. She also worked on both of Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns and organized candidate nights at Temple Beth Sholom during elections. Mimi Katz passed away on April 11, 2015.
Sources:
"In Memory of Mimi Katz."
Juhl, Wesley. "Mimi Katz, 88, remembered for life of service."
"In Memory of Mimi Katz."
Juhl, Wesley. "Mimi Katz, 88, remembered for life of service."
