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Hernstadt, William H.

William H. Hernstadt served as a Nevada state senator from 1977 to 1984 and was owner and general manager of the Las Vegas television station KVVU TV 5 during the early 1970s. He also served as president of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas from 1981 to 1982. Hernstadt graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York with a degree in physics in 1957.

Person

Unger, Doug, 1950-

1976 arrived in Las Vegas; bought Supreme Mattress Co.; 1999 Jewish Federation president; 2012 becomes active with Holocaust Resource Center

Person

Jack Herst oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00845

Archival Collection

Congregation Ner Tamid records, 2013-2017

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Collection Number: MS-00790
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03

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Engel, Philip

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

Person