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Trenier, Claude
Claude Oliver Trenier was born in Mobile, Alabama on July 14, 1919. Claude and his twin brother, Clifton, were the lead members of The Treniers, a blues/rock'n'roll group in the 1950s. He died in 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Paiz, Alice, 1927-1991
Alice Paiz was born in New Mexico on August 13, 1927. She moved to Las Vegas in 1952 and worked in entertainment. She passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 9, 1991.
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Bellver, C. G. (Catherine Gullo)
Dr. Catherine Bellver is Distinguished Professor of Spanish at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work has appeared in many scholarly journals. She worked over fifteen years to create the Women's Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Bellver also worked with a volunteer group to create and staff the first Women's Center on campus.
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Pappas, John H., 1888-1981
John H. Pappas was born in Greece on March 15, 1888. He moved to the United States in 1904, and eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1929 where he worked on railroad construction and later the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction. He passed away in Nevada in August 1981.
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Pappas, John, 1935-
John Pappas was born on May 26, 1935 in New York. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1960s, where he worked as a dealer in casinos throughout Las Vegas.
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Mills, Morgan H., 1914-1982
Morgan Mills was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on July 27, 1914. He later moved to California, where he worked as an electrical engineer and was involved in the Boulder (Hoover) Dam project in Las Vegas, Nevada. He passed away on March 20, 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
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