Philip Engel is a Las Vegas CPA and was president of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation from 1983-1984.  Engel was born in New York and educated at the
University of Illinois and University of California Los Angeles where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Engel came to Southern Nevada in 1950
as part of a professional team responsible for installing a state-of-the-art- accounting system for the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino.  Engel stayed in