George Thomas Martin III, or simply Tom, was born February 19, 1944 in Hollywood, California. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951 as his father took on a variety of entrepreneurial opportunities. Martin graduated from Rancho High School in 1962 and worked as a secretary. He married his wife, Donna Giuffre, on March 12, 1988. He spent many hours volunteering with the homeless and the elderly.
Emilio Muscelli was born in Italy, moved to America in 1948, and landed a job at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City, New York. His boss Jack Entratter, brought Muscelli to Las Vegas, Nevada when he opened the Sands Hotel and Casino in 1952. Emilio worked as a maitre d' for many years, mostly at the Sands. He was friends with Bobby Darren and Cary Grant and met many other celebrities.
Gregory Brown came to Las Vegas in 1998 to take a postion teaching history at UNLV. His future wife Jessica, who is the Web Portal Content Coordinator at UNLV, had lived here off and on as a child and moved back to Las Vegas in 2000. They bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2002.
Sigrid Oas Capel (b. March 09. 1950 in Ely, Nevada) lived in Ely, Nevada from 1915-1920 and 1923-1940, Various cities in California from 1940-1959, and Las Vegas, Nevada from 1959 untill her death in 1986. Sigrid's occupations include Agricultural Extension Service, Executive Secretary for the Gaming Control Board, and Executive Secretary to Board of County Commissions.
Chris Bianchi comes from Peru, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in hotel administration with a concentration in casino management and received his master's in hospitality administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015. Chris did an internship at the Barbary Coast Hotel & Casino in 2002 as a dealer and was transferred to the South Point Casino and Spa as a pit manager in 2005.
Bob Bellis was born November 20, 1966 in Parma, Ohio. At the age of one, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his parents. Then at nine years old he and his family moved to Pahrump, Nevada. Bellis moved back to Las Vegas after graduating high school. He headed the creation of the John S. Park Neighborhood Association in 2000.
Edwina Danzinger was born February 05, 1925 in Houston, Texas. She moved to California in 1944. She met her husband, Charles, while working as a secretary to the superintendent of the wielding shop that Charles was working at. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950 and raised their three children there. She worked at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the registrar’s office as a clerk for many years. Danzinger died August 7, 2010.
Jake W. Dieleman was born February 21, 1904 in Axel, Netherlands. He lived in Boulder City, Nevada for many years after moving to the area to work as a crane operator on the construction of Hoover Dam. He later served in the Nevada State Assembly and on the Boulder City Council. He passed away in 2002 in Kanarraville, Utah.
Linda Falba McSweeney was born January 3, 1945 in Miami, Florida. Her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950 and lived in the Huntridge area of town. She and her two siblings attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School, St. Anne’s School, and Bishop Gorman High School. They marched in the city’s Helldorado Parades, and she was a Bishop Gorman High School cheerleader. McSweeney was a retired speech pathologist.
Robert Ambrose started in the gaming industry as a slot attendant at the Tropicana Atlantic City in 1985. After three years in that role, Ambrose was promoted to supervisor, a position he held for an additional five years before being promoted again to shift manager at the same property. He would eventually move into the position of executive director of slots and marketing operations which he held until he left the Tropicana in 2007.