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Pettersson, B. Roger
Roger Petterson graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1996 with a degree in hotel administration and thereafter started in the gaming industry as a pit clerk at The Mirage. He went through the slot Management Associate Program which led him to becoming a supervisor at that property and later an assistant shift manager at Bellagio. After becoming a shift manager at that property, Petterson went to Boulder Station in 2000 to become a slot operations manager and eventually director of slot operations in 2004.
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Booth, Howard G.
Howard Booth was born on May 15, 1927 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He grew up in New Jersey, and served in the United States Army during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Booth moved to Nevada in 1957, and worked as a meteorologist at the Nevada Test Site until his retirement in 1983. Booth was an active conservationist and environmentalist and helped to turn Red Rock Canyon into a National Conservation Area.
Booth passed away in Boulder City, Nevada on August 16, 2017.
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Hiatt, Hermi Dierauer, 1942-
Biologist Hermi Dierauer Hiatt was born on September 12, 1942. She was involved with the Red Rock Audubon Society, helped create maps for Southern Nevada, and assisted in establishing boundaries for the sale of public lands.
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Hermi and John Hiatt oral history interviews, 2010 April 02, April 03, 2010, April 25, 2010. OH-02104. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Hiatt, John Edward, 1941-
Chemist John Edward Hiatt was born on October 17, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. He was involved with the Red Rock Audubon Society, helped create maps for Southern Nevada, and assisted in establishing boundaries for the sale of public lands.
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Hermi and John Hiatt oral history interviews, 2010 April 02, April 03, 2010, April 25, 2010. OH-02104. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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