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American Dental Association
Bio taken from Wiki: "The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 155,000 members. Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago, the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association and promotes good oral health to the public while representing the dental profession. The ADA publishes a monthly journal of dental related articles named the Journal of the American Dental Association."
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Deaner, Charles W., 1922-2017
Charles Deaner was born in 1922 near Erie, Pennsylvania. Deaner served in the Air Force and battled in the North African campaign of World War II. After the war, he attended college and received a law degree from Syracuse University. Because of a sister and brother-in-law who had settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, he ventured to join them in Las Vegas during the 1950s. Deaner became a leader in the law profession during the 1960s and the 1970s.
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Gaines, Lovell
Lovell Gaines was born in Louisiana and went to Louisiana State University. He moved to Reno, Nevada after serving in the Vietnam war. Gaines taught for one year and then worked for the Nevada Department of Corrections for thirty-plus years. He was extensively involved in the Reno chapter of the National Association for the Adancedment of Colored People (NAACP). Then when he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1975, he ran for and became the local NAACP chapter president. He served as president from 1980 to 1982.
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Jimenez, Henry, 1985-
Henry Jimenez was born in Torrance, California in 1985. His family lived in Long Beach until he was 13. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in July of 1998. He completed middle school and high school in Las Vegas. He also attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he was involved in student government and was also a part of the first Latino fraternity on campus. He graduated in May of 2006 and immediately left to intern in Washington, D.C., with Senator Harry Reid.
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Hejmanowski, Paul R.
Paul Hejmanowski was born August 13, 1945. He moved to Las Vegas in 1972 with his wife Char and their two sons. Hejmanowski served as the managing partner at the law firm Lionel, Sawyer and Collins and vice-chairman of the firm's Litigation Department. He is widely regarded for his expertise in a variety of complex commercial disputes and tort litigation and has written a Nevada environmental law handbook. His sons also work in the same law firm.
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