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George Levine

Portrait photograph of George Levine, 2016
Portrait photograph of George Levine, 2016
Photograph of George Levine with his family, approximately 1955

George Levine (1925 – 2018) is a former maître d' of the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in Sommerville, New Jersey, Levine moved his family to Las Vegas in 1963. He waited tables at the Sands and eventually used his charm to become a longtime maître d' of the Sands, from 1979 until the hotel closed in 1996. Levine's daughter is former United States Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley.

Source:

Levine, George. Interview, 2015 April 16. OH-02287. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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