Donna Hanley Andress arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the early 1930s with her mother Clarabelle Decker who taught at the Las Vegas Grammar School. In 1944 she married Clyde Gail Andress and, except for relocations due to military service in World War Two, remained an active citizen of Las Vegas until retiring to Nelson, Nevada, in 1987. Donna volunteered to serve in a number of community organizations, principally the Service League, the forerunner of the Junior League of Las Vegas.

Leonard Goodall was born in Warrensburg, Missouri on March 15, 1937. After high school he attended Central Missouri State College. He earned his master's at the University of Missouri and attended the University of Illinois for his doctorate in political science. After college, he taught at Arizona State University in the Political Science department. He then moved to the Univesity of Ilinois, Chicago starting out as an instructor, but eventually becoming a chancellor at the unviersity.

Janie (Tobman) Moore is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada and the daughter of small business owners Herb and Jean Tobman. Janie Moore attended West Charleston Elementary, Hyde Park Junior High School, and Clark High School. After a semester at Arizona State University, Moore worked at the Stardust Hotel for many years, both as a cashier in Freddie's clothing store and for the chief of security.