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Gambarana, Peggie Jean, 1927-1986
Peggie Jean Gambarana was born in 1927 to Robert J. Kaltenborn and his wife. She worked as a real estate developer in Las Vegas, Nevada, and married Edgar Gambarana. She died in 1986 and donated her estate of $1.5 million dollars to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas James R. Dickinson Library.
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Library Association, American. "News from the field." College & Research Libraries News [Online], Volume 48 Number 5 (1 May 1987). Accessed on March 6, 2020. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/19348/22607
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Norman, Milton, 1924-2009
Milton Norman was born in New Jersey in 1924, the son of Laura Walker and William Norman. Milton Norman married Ruth Estelle McFadden in the early 1940s; the couple had two children. Norman moved to Las Vegas, Nevada around 1959 and began working as a code enforcement officer for the City of Las Vegas. In this position he was tasked with surveying the areas known as the Westside and the newly annexed Vegas Heights for the city's planning director Don Saylor. Milton Norman died in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2009.
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Saylor, Donald, 1922-2005
Donald Saylor was born July 22, 1922 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the son of Jessie Emberts and George Saylor. Saylor served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and returned to civilian life in 1946. He began his career in city planning soon after, finally settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956. Saylor served as a deputy city manager and city planning director before being named special projects manager. Donald Saylor retired from city planning in 1990 and died April 15, 2005.
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