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Gregory, Edward L.
Edward Gregory was born in Goldfield, Nevada. He worked as a structural para-technician at Nellis Air Force Base.
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Duarte, Jay
Jay Duarte started in the gaming industry at Casino Data Systems and eventually assisted in the opening of Green Valley Ranch Resort where he eventually went to become a slot technician. Duarte then moved to Thunder Valley Resort as a slot technical manager and held the same role at Green Valley Ranch thereafter. In 2003, Duarte became an assistant technical compliance director with Konami Gaming and then returned to Station Casinos to help open Red Rock Resort in 2005.
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Hwang, Henry, 1947-
Henry Hwang emigrated from Taiwan in the early 1990s. After living in Los Angeles, California he moved his family to Las Vegas, Nevada. Hwang built Chinatown Plaza in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Hwang, Sharon
Sharon Hwang arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993. Her father Henry Hwang built the Chinatown Plaza in Las Vegas.
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Snow, Jacob L., 1964-
Jacob L. Snow was born in Boulder City, Nevada. His parents came to Nevada, from Utah in the mid 1950s. Snow worked as assistant director of aviation for planning at McCarran International Airport, as general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission, and as city manager for the City of Henderson.
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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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Shalmy (Donald L.)
Pat Shalmy arrived in Southern Nevada in 1979. In 1984, he became Clark County manager and served until 1997, when he left to become president and CEO of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. In 2001 he joined the Board of Las Vegas Monorail Company and is affiliated with the law firm of Kummer, Kaempfer, Bonner and Renshaw as director of government and community relations. He shortly "moved on" in May 2002 to become president of Nevada Power Company, where he remained until his 2008 retirement.
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Isaacson, Bruce
Bruce Isaacson was born in 1956 in Castro Valley, California and spent his childhood in Oakland, California. Isaacson became the first poet laureate of Clark County (Nevada) in June 2015. He was born in Castro Valley, California to Betty Griffin and Bernard Isaacson, and spent his childhood in Oakland. He received his bachelor’s degree from Claremont McKenna College with majors in economics as well as drama, and continued studying for his Masters of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
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Vassiliadis, Rosemary A.
Rosemary Vassiliadis was born in Chicago and went to DePaul University, where she earned her degree in accountancy. She worked as an accountant in Chicago, then after she married Billy Vassiliadis, she moved to Las Vegas where he lived. Rosemary worked as a financial analyst with the City of Las Vegas, then worked for Clark County, then became deputy director of aviation at McCarran International Airport. She managed the airport in the six days after the Nine-Eleven Terrorist Attacks.
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