Mark J. Whitmore is the son of Suzette and Sidney Whitmore. He was born in Washington D.C. on August 23, 1947. He graduated from Western High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. He served in the United States Army after high school. He later graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in hotel administration in 1974.

Nadine Tobin was born on September 5, 1931 in Lysine, Kansas. Tobin and her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. Tobin was a photograph lab technician and printed photographs for the Atomic Energy Commission and Nevada Highway Patrol. Tobin resided in southern Nevada until her death on March 19, 2015.

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Nadine Tobin oral history interview, 1979 February 10. OH-01829. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.