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Scheideman, Elton Dale, 1933-2006
Elton Dale Scheideman was born on April 19, 1933 in Ellis, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas School of Architecture in the 1950s, where he entered a number of student competitions. In 1958, Scheideman entered the United States Air Force and retired in 1988 as a colonel. He later worked for a private architectural firm in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to Southern Nevada in January 1991 to work as an architect and the Director of New School and Facility Planning for the Clark County School District.
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Miller, Nolan, 1933-2012
Nolan Miller was a costume and set designer who worked witih Jerry Jackson and was involved in the shows Jackson produced in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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McWilliams, Iona, 1876-1969
Iona McWilliams was married to J. T. McWilliams, an early settler to the Las Vegas, Nevada area. Iona Ida McWilliams was born in 1876, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was sent to school to learn to be a school teacher in Philadelphia. She later developed a lung ailment and her doctor suggested moving to Needles, California as a form of treatment. Iona met J. T. McWilliams in Needles and the two married in 1897. In 1898, she had a daughter that the couple named Emily Eleanor, often called Nellie. Iona McWilliams died in May of 1969 at age 92.
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Murphey, Cynthia Kiser
Cynthia Kiser Murphey was the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino until May 2020. She worked at the New York-New York for twelve years, first joining the company in Human Resources for the Mirage, then moving to the MGM Grand when it opened 1992 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. She started the MGM Resort Corporate University program as well as the onsite childcare program while at MGM Resorts.
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Munford, Gordon, 1929-1999
Musical director and arranger Gordon Munford was born June 8, 1929 in California. He was a nine year resident of Las Vegas, a member of the Musicians Union and the American Symphony Orchestra League, and past board member for the Association of Musical Arrangers. Munford directed and conducted more than 65 musicals from off Broadway’s “Little Mary Sunshine” to the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit “1776.”
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Crawford, Jerry L.
Jerry Crawford was born on August 20, 1934 in Iowa. He earned a scholarship to Drake University for baseball. He graduated from Drake with a bachelor's in theatre, and went on to earn a master's degree from Stanford as well as a Ph.D. in playwriting from University of Iowa.
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