Charles Alvin (Tod) Early Jr. was born in Yerington, Nevada and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. He started Central Credit Inc., the first credit check company for casinos to check credit worthiness of gamblers. He later sold the company to Chilton Corporation. He passed away in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 2012.
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Jillean Williams grew up in England and moved to Manhattan, New York while she was working for an American company. This is when she met Joseph Williams, then playing with the Count Basic Orchestra, while staying at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Resort. She married Joe Williams, they were together for 42 years until his death in 1999. They both moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968.
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Fred Pinjuv was born in 1935 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Rancho High School in 1953 and attended college at the University of Oregon. Pinjuv was drafted by the Boston Red Sox right out of college, but decided to accept a draft to the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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Kim Bavington was born November 30, 1963. In 1964, Bavington's parents moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was six months old. Her father was an industrial designer and mother was an art instructor. Kim earned a Fine Art degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and worked at a sundry of jobs to support herself. She married Tim Bavington in 2000. She worked as a business owner and art instructor.
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Dominic Clark was born in 1949 or 1950 in Reno, Nevada. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. He was educated in Southern Nevada, went to St. Anne’s grammar school [Catholic School], and graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in 1967. Clark went to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for two years and graduated in 1971 from the University of Nevada, Reno. He was a sports information director for UNLV.
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Lydia Berry was born January 18, 1914 in Kansas City, Missouri. Berry received her bachelor's degree in science education from Northwest Missouri State University. She taught for a few years and then worked as a school clerk in the Kansas City school district. She then moved to Los Angeles, California where she worked as a secretary. She was married in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1954.
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Patricia Bryan was born in Alexandria, Minnesota on March 17, 1917.She is the oldest of two children. She graduated from an elite girls boarding school in 1935 during the Great Depression. She attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles and Northwestern University. Byran married her college sweetheart at age 22 after finishing school at Northwestern. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 and worked as a housewife.
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Mary Susan "Sue" (Easley) Borns was born July 26, 1936 and was raised in Redondo Beach, California. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962 with her husband, Leo Borns for his architectural career. After living in the area for five years, she dedicated her life to raising their three children in the McNeil Estates. Borns, along with her husband, became acquainted with numerous area personalities and philanthropic organizations.
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Irving Kirshbaum (1909-1980) worked for Willie Alderman and Dave Berman at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1955 until the 1970s. Kirshbaum was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and lived in Los Angeles, California before he moved to Las Vegas in 1955. He worked as a "box man and a floor man" at the Riviera.
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David Straus was born November 11, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Joyce Straus, an artist, and Neil Straus, a doctor. After graduating from Clark High School, he attended the University of Arizona and then Whittier Law School. Straus built a successful legal career focused on estate planning, asset protection and charitable planning.
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