George Burns was born May 10, 1902 in New York. He lived in Florida and California before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1945. He held various jobs including cook, dishwasher, clerk, pipe fitter and salesman. Burns was involved with the beginning of Camp Bonanza in Reno, Nevada.

Joe Burton was born February 26, 1940 in Texas. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada around 1960. He raised his six kids with his wife while starting a business called Mrs. Redd’s Pies.

Bob (Bobby) Campagna (b. September 18, 1950 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) lived in Nevada for 26 years. Bob was a meter leader and a carpet layer.

Marianne Carpenter (b. 1929) lived in Nevada her entire life. Marianne worked at Nellis Air Force Base and for EPA.

Barry W. Becker’s father was a well-known land developer and real estate broker throughout the Los Angeles area. Howard Hughes told Barry’s father to purchase all the land they could in the West Charleston area of Las Vegas which initiated Becker Enterprises, Incorporated, in Southern Nevada and brought Barry and his family to the area in 1971.

D. Taylor grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia. He graduated from Georgetown University. As a new college graduate, Taylor headed west to Lake Tahoe, Nevada where he was hired in 1981 by the Culinary Union to organize workers and oversee an eleven-and-a-half-month strike. The Culinary Union then sent him to organize in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984.