Until her passing in 2017, Millicent (Siegel) Rosen was the living link to Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, one of Las Vegas’ most notorious links to the Jewish mob. A steadfastly independent woman herself, Millicent recalls Benjamin as a loving father to her and her younger sister. She is proud of his status as a Las Vegas visionary, though she affixes a footnote that the city of today might not be to his liking.

International president of B’nai B’rith Women. Years birth-death: 1911-2010

Gary Rosenthal was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1933, and escaped Europe and Nazi persecution with his family in 1938.