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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), miscellaneous wall sections and details, 1985

Date

1985

Description

Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Parchment copy. Drawn by: M.E.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

Latest Drawing Revision: 1985-11-22

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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), partition types and details, 1985

Date

1985

Description

Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Parchment copy. Drawn by: R.K.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

Latest Drawing Revision: 1985-07-22

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Community arts projects

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Transcript of interview with Dr. Thomas Nartker by Dr. David Emerson, November 13, 2006

Date

2006-11-13

Description

Thomas Nartker was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, and most of his family, including three brothers and a sister, still live there. He attended grade school and high school there, and then attended the University of Dayton. He majored in chemical engineering, following the example of his father, who had a degree in electrical engineering. By the time he was a sophomore in college, he was six-foot nine and had spent some time on the basketball court, but when asked to play his senior year at U. of D., he declined. He had already been accepted for graduate study at the University of Tennessee. Thomas finished all course work and research on his master's in one year, everything but the thesis. He interviewed over 30 companies before he graduated, but an interview with DuPont in Delaware made him think about the value of a PhD in his line of work. He applied and was accepted at Texas A&M. He worked with Dave Billingsley, who was the resident computer expert, and Dave showed him how to process all the data he had collected for his master's thesis on the IBM 650. Tom had found a new passion. Within a year, Tom was working as an assistant in the data processing center at Texas A&M, and was also the teaching assistant for the computer programming class. After completing his PhD, which took 6 years, Thomas began interviewing again. He accepted a position at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT) as assistant professor of mathematics and director of the computing center. He left NMIMT in 1981 and took a job with Shell Oil Company, which included 5 years as a visiting staff member at Los Alamos. In 1985 he met John Werth, who ultimately offered Tom a job at UNLV. Tom made the move to Las Vegas in July of 1985. Dr. Nartket and Dr. Taghva started the UNLV Information Science Research Institute and did experimental research on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for the Department of Energy (DOE). They invented many metrics never seen before, including a metric called Nonstop Word Accuracy. Today UNLV is known worldwide for being the premier center for doing research in OCR technology. Thomas is in his seventies today and continues with his research and teaching because he loves it. He has enjoyed over two decades at UNLV and finds it a rewarding and intellectual place to be. He considers this university to be one of the most exciting in the country as it grows in research and service.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter calendar

Date

1997

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Speech transcript by Joyce Mack for UNLV Alumni Association honor as 2008 Silver State Award recipient

Date

2008

Archival Collection

Description

In 2008, Joyce Mack was honored for her continued support of UNLV with the Silver State Award.

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Audio recording clip of interview with T. D. Barnes by Julia Stetler, January 21, 2007

Date

2007-01-21

Description

Narrator affiliation: Special Projects, Area 51; NERVA & NASA; Roadrunners Internationale

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