Dr. Fred Silver

In 1973, Dr. Frank P. Silver (1934 - ) escaped the bitter weather of Philadelphia when he chose to relocate his OB/GYN medical practice to the small Nevada community of Boulder City. It was a far distance for Dr. Silver, a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area where he graduated from La Salle University, Jefferson University Medical School and did his residency at Nazareth Hospital. To his knowledge, he, his wife Elaine and four children were the only Jewish family in Boulder City at those early years. While he enjoyed the warmer climate and the excitement of building his medical practice, there were occasional challenges of being Jewish in the 1970s Nevada. For a short time, Dr. Silver was a shareholder in the Crystal Palace, a Laughlin casino.