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Bunker, Ferren W. (Ferren Wittwer), 1918-2014
Ferren W. Bunker was born June 16, 1918 in Bunkerville, Nevada. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno and graduated in 1940. Afterwards, he moved around the state before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. His career ranged from being an agricultural teacher to a Clark County Cooperative Extension Agent. Bunker passed away September 29, 2014.
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Swank, Heidi
Heidi Swank grew up in Prescott, Wisconsin. After graduating Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Heidi moved to Chicago to continue her studies at Northwestern University. Swank worked as an anthropology professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Swank is a member of the Nevada Assembly representing Distric 16.
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Torres, David, 1966-
Dave Torres was born in San Pedro, California, in 1966. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his family when he was 14 or 15. Dave started his career in gaming as a dealer at the El Cortez. He moved to the Barbary Coast, then he moved to the Stardust where he became a manager. Dave had just become a pit boss when he moved to the Rio.
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Garvin, Laura
Laura Garvin was born California. She graduated high school in Goldfield, Nevada, went to Los Angeles, California, and entered nurse’s training. After that, she returned to Nevada and worked until World War II started when her family lived in California again. Garvin returned to Nevada in 1946 and worked as a nurse in the city since then.
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Cason, Maxine (Maxine Cobb), 1929-
Maxine “Cobb” Cason was born September 07, 1929. She met her husband, Jack, while hitchhiking in Oklahoma. They were married in 1949 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada a year later. Cason bought a house and spent twenty years remodeling it while raising their two kids and half a dozen other people’s children.
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Evans, Louis F., 1914-
Louis Evans was born August 08, 1914 in Jones County, Iowa. He moved to Nevada in 1945 in search for employment. Construction on the Hoover Dam had begun at this point, and Evans worked as a well driver. He also held a job as a dairyman, delivering milk twice a day. Evans and his wife moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 to raise their family in Vegas Heights.
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Ford, Katie, 1929-
Katie Ford was born April 13, 1929 in Ely, Nevada. Her family lived in multiple cities in the state before moving to Beatty, Nevada when Ford was two years old. She worked at her family’s gas station and hotel while she was a teenager. When Ford moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945, she continued her career as a waitress.
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Anthony, Stavros S.
Stavros Anthony was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Wayne State University in Michigan. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1980 when he was hired as a police officer. He worked for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police for twenty-nine years, and served seven years on the Board of Regents at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Wright, Lonnie
Lonnie G. Wright was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952. His grandmother worked as a maid for prominent Las Vegans. Wright played basketball at UNLV and became a successful local educator and businessman. Dr. Lonnie G. Wright is the director of, and a professor in, the College of Southern Nevada’s hotel management program within the school’s hospitality management department.
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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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