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David Ober interview, October 11, 2017: transcript

Date

2017-10-11

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Tucson, Arizona, native David Ober moved to Las Vegas twice. He arrived reluctantly the first time in 1978 with his parents as a high-school student, when his father, Hal Ober, came to Las Vegas to begin building and marketing the U.S. Home (now Lennar) brand. While the elder Ober soon left U.S. Home to open his own home-building business, R.A. Homes, his youngest child left Las Vegas shortly after his high school graduation to return to his native Tucson, follow in the footsteps of his siblings, and attend the University of Arizona. After graduating from the University of Arizona David Ober opened his own mortgage company and began building a life in Phoenix. In the late 1980s he agreed to take a large pay cut, return to Las Vegas, and learn his father's business from the ground up. At the time, Hal Ober was developing his award-winning, master-planned community, Desert Shores. David Ober, the youngest of the five children of Hal and D'Vorre (Dee) Ober, agreed to participate in the

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Gwen Weeks Rahner interview, March 06, 1981: transcript

Date

1981-03-06

Description

On March 6, 1981, Laronda D. Tinsley interviewed Gwendolyn Weekes Rahner (born August 14th, 1923 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Mrs. Rahner discusses working in politics and registering people to vote in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also discusses living in West Las Vegas and her experiences there.

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Interview with Richard Van Nutley, November 8, 2004

Date

2004-11-08

Description

Narrator affiliation: Safety Engineer, Department of Energy

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UNLV staff portraits: digital photographs

Date

2016-07-07

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Fred Tredup/President's Office. Alo Faleafine, Finance and Operations Manager; Joseph Dagher, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff; Fred Tredup, Chief of Staff; Kyle Kaalberg, Special Projects Director; Jamilah Brewington, Administrative Assistant III; Michelle Bruner, Executive Assistant; and Jonathan Smith, Events Coordinator.

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Stabile, Dick, 1909-1980

Richard D. “Dick” Stabile (1909-1980) was a musician, big-band leader, composer, and orchestral arranger. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was the eldest son of a professional musician. He began playing the saxophone at fifteen and joined the Ben Bernie Band in 1928 at the age of nineteen. By 1936, he was leading his own orchestra and recording for the Decca, Bluebird, and Vocalion labels.

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