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Dr. Thomas Nartker oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Thomas Nartker conducted by Dr. David Emerson on November 13, 2006 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. Nartker discusses his careers as a professor of mathematics, a computer scientist for Shell Oil, and a director of the computer center at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He also discusses starting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Information Science Research Institute with Dr. Taghva and doing research on optical character recognition for the Department of Energy.
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Portrait of Frank Williams: photographic print
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School at the R.O. Ranch, Smoky Valley, Nevada: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.D. Zaval Family (Smoky Valley and Round Mountain). Genevieve Mealman, Ms. Woodhouse (teacher), Eva Johnson (Indian girl), Irene “Rene” Rogers Berg Zaval, Pete Rogers, Harvey Mealman (identified from left to right).
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Fleming, Edmund L., 1915-
Edmund L. Fleming was born October 18, 1915 in Virginia, Minnesota. His parents were born in Ireland. Fleming came to Nevada in the 1930s and worked on a ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. He also worked as a miner, teacher, ranger, and farmer. He lived in Goodsprings, Nevada and Nelson, Nevada. Fleming eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada and continued to work in education. He was married in 1941.
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Lynch, Ann
Ann Lynch was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1934. She attended Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. She came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959. She was very involved with the girl scouts, the Nevada chapter of the Parent Teacher Association, the Sunrise Hospital Children's Foundation, the Public Education Foundation, and with lobbying in both the state and federal legislatures.
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Bunker, Ferren W. (Ferren Wittwer), 1918-2014
Ferren W. Bunker was born June 16, 1918 in Bunkerville, Nevada. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno and graduated in 1940. Afterwards, he moved around the state before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. His career ranged from being an agricultural teacher to a Clark County Cooperative Extension Agent. Bunker passed away September 29, 2014.
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Chandler, Allin O.
Allin Chandler moved with his mother from Texarkana, Texas, to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958 to join his father, who was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base. Chandler was a member of Rancho High School's first graduating class of 1962. He was a teacher, a principal, and Executive Director for the Clark County Association of School Administrators.
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Ross, Irmalee Anne (1938 December 23-)
Irmalee Anne Gray Ross was born December 23, 1938 to Irma Niles Gray and R. Guild Gray and was raised in Reno, Nevada. She married her husband, R. Ian Ross, on September 02, 1961. Gray Ross worked as a teacher at Las Vegas Day School and retired after 13 years.
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