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Martin, Phyllis
Phyllis Martin worked for the City of North Las Vegas Office of Economic Development in the 1980s and 1990s, where she held various positions including economic development specialist and economic development administrator. Martin also served as the secretary-treasurer for the board of directors of the Friends of Kiel Ranch Historical Site, and as the historian for the 1988 Kiel Ranch Historic American Building Survey. She was also interested in the Nevada Women's History Project, which aimed to highlight women important to Nevada's history.
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Freeman, Al, 1924-1972
Al Freeman was instrumental in building the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada into one of the most renowned resort hotels of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He served as the the promotion director for the Sands Hotel from the time it opened in 1957 until his death in 1972.
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Burch, Brad
Brad Burch was a partner for Cooper, Burch & Howe advertising agency from 1977 to 1985. The agency did advertising design for many of the Del Webb properties on the Las Vegas Strip and other hotels around Las Vegas, Nevada such as the Bingo Palace. Mr. Burch eventually became a partner and creative director for Merica, Burch & Dickerson after Cooper, Burch & Howe dissolved in 1985. In 1995, Mr. Burch formed his own advertising agency, Burch Design Group.
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O'Farrell, Thomas P.
Thomas P. O’Farrell studied zoology and entomology at the University of Tennessee, where he received his Ph.D. in the 1960s. O’Farrell worked under contract with various institutions such as the Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EG&G, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and the University of Nevada System’s Desert Research Institute (DRI).
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Olsen, Clifford W., 1936-
Clifford "Cliff" Wayne Olsen was born on January 15, 1936, in Placerville, California. Cliff married Margaret on June 16, 1962, and they had two children: Anne and Charlotte.
Cliff was employed as a physicist for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Cliff passed away on November 4, 2017. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196118870/clifford-wayne-olsen
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Phillips, Peggy Hyde
Boulder City, Nevada community leader Peggy Hyde Phillips (1916-1997) was born Helen Thelma Lewis in Iowa in 1916. Her father gave her the nickname of Peggy as a child and she used the name for the rest of her life. She married Charles Hyde (1907-1956) in 1937. He served in the United States Army Air Corps and worked as a flight instructor at Condor Field in Twentynine Palms, California during World War II. After the war, the family relocated to Boulder City, Nevada. They opened Desert Trails, a sporting goods and toy store in 1946.
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