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Berry, Lydia H., 1914-2008
Lydia Berry was born January 18, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri. Berry received her bachelor's degree in science education from Northwest Missouri State University. She taught for a few years and then worked as a school clerk in the Kansas City school district. She then moved to Los Angeles, California where she worked as a secretary. She was married in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1954.
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Bigelow, Jane A., Lt. Col., 1943-
Jane A. Bigelow was born in Buffalo, New York on July 25, 1943 to Robert and Mary Bigelow. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada on March 10, 1985. Bigelow served in the United States Air Force as a surgical nurse. She left the service with a rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She served throughout the United States and even in Vietnam.
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Bryan, Patricia, 1917-
Patricia Bryan was born in Alexandria, Minnesota on March 17, 1917.She is the oldest of two children. She graduated from an elite girls boarding school in 1935 during the Great Depression. She attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles and Northwestern University. Byran married her college sweetheart at age 22 after finishing school at Northwestern. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and worked as a housewife.
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Coblentz, Thelma, 1911-
Thelma Coblentz was born April 21, 1911 in New Jersey. She moved to Loveland, Nevada in 1936 where her husband provided medical care as one of the first physicians in the small town. Coblentz moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958.
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Connor, Gerald Louis, 1930-2002
Gerald Connor was born June 16, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada while serving in the United States Air Force.
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Earl, H. Wayne, 1926-
H. Wayne Earl was born on June 21, 1926 in St. George, Utah. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1940. He worked as a pharmacist.
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Farei, Mae, 1909-
Mae Farei was born on April 12, 1909 in Dubquain, Illinois. She was a hotel housekeeper at the Twin Lakes Lodge and at the Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Fisher, Robert M., 1945-
Robert M. Fisher was born on July 25, 1945 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He grew up on Nellis Airforce Base and joined the United States Navy serving as a 3rd class boatswain mate. He was a technical illustrator and a senior draftsman for the underground atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Giles, Reva
Reva Giles grew up in the little town of New Carlisle, Indiana and was one of twelve children. Her mother stayed home with the children while her father worked for Studebaker, a large automobile manufacturer. Right after high school, Giles moved to Redland, California, to live with a sister, working first at an ice cream shop and then a bank.
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Gore, Robert
Robert Gore first came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973 as a public affairs officer with the Air Force. He returned to West Virginia to go into the family business in 1976 and four years later was offered a job with Summa Corporation. Back in Las Vegas, he also served as director of the Air Force Association. At a dinner meeting of the Association, Retired General Bill Becker suggested that an engineering school was needed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
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