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Clark, Georgie White
Georgie Clark was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 13, 1910. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969. She was a real estate agent, river runner, and a ferry command civil servant in World War II.
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Layne, Bruce, 1945-
Bruce Layne was born in 1945. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. He attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was the President of Layne and Associates Insurance which was the largest Insurance Agency in Nevada. He discovered he had Parkinson's disease in 1999 and wrote a book about it called My Gift.
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Lee, Doris Shoong
Doris Shoong Lee was born in 1919 in San Francisco, California and was the second of three children. Her family moved to Oakland, California and that’s where she grew up. After Shoong Lee graduated from high school she went on to attend Berkeley University along with her sister. Her father became very interested in the university after both daughters spent time there and consequently he created a scholarship fund for Chinese students. The Lee family then decided to move to China and Shoong Lee and her sister enrolled in Ling Nam University.
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LeVine, Jack
Jack LeVine was born in 1954 and was raised Columbus, Ohio. He first started visiting Las Vegas, Nevada whenever his truck driver routes allowed him to visit his parents who had moved there in 1977. They owned a downtown sandwich and catering business called “Your Place or Mine.”
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March, Debra, 1953-
Debra March was born November 25, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan. She is one of eight siblings, all of whom attended Catholic school as children and eventually went on to professional careers. March’s father worked for the city of Detroit, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and was hired by the Clark County School District. March came to Las Vegas for the first time in 1973. Though she left for a couple of years, she eventually settled there and attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), earning an undergraduate degree in anthropology and biology.
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Marshall, Agnes C., 1931-
Agnes Marshall was born February 4, 1931 and grew up on a farm in Ferriday, Louisiana raised by her grandparents. At the age of 15, Marshall moved to Salt Lake City, Utah with her mother and later found herself settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951.
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Martinez, Ramon
Ramon Martinez was born in Park City, Utah on March 06, 1935. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. He worked at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a professor of engineering.
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Mason, Beverly
Beverly Mason was born on October 30th, 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mason grew up in West Las Vegas and was part of the school integration movement in the 1970s. She was a industrial hygienest at the Nevada Test Site and worked in the School Community Partnership Office as a program manager.
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