Donald Saylor was born July 22, 1922 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the son of Jessie Emberts and George Saylor. Saylor served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and returned to civilian life in 1946. He began his career in city planning soon after, finally settling in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956. Saylor served as a deputy city manager and city planning director before being named special projects manager. Donald Saylor retired from city planning in 1990 and died April 15, 2005.

Alice Reese was born November 22, 1900 to Florence Eltha Woolf and Richard Reese in Benson, Utah. She married Kenneth North Chandler, who was part-owner of Smith and Chandler Stores. She passed away on November 26, 1989.