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Hart, Steven, 1946-
Steven Hart was born on April 7, 1946, and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as a one-year-old with his parents, Nat and Sylvia Hart. After graduating from Las Vegas High School, Steven Hart went through an apprenticeship program to become a journeyman carpenter. He then enlisted in the United States Navy and joined its construction battalion during the Vietnam War.
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Lenhart, Ted
Ted Lenhart worked as an LGBTQ activist in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1990s, primarily focused on the HIV and AIDS epidemic. He worked with multiple organizations, including the Nevada chapters of Aid for AIDS, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), and the Clark County Coalition of HIV/AIDS Service Providers. Additionally, Lenhart worked to develop social support groups for LGBTQ individuals, including the HIV-Negative Men’s Support Group and Nevada Outdoors, an LGBTQ hiking club.
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Liddle, Samuel
Samuel Liddle owned and operated a general store in Leadville, Nevada during 1887. Born in England around 1841, Samuel traveled to the western United States to reach mining areas where his occupation as a mining engineer and machinist kept him employed.
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Light, Edward C., 1917-1992
Edward C. Light was an aeronautical engineer at the Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC) where he was responsible for supervising the design of aircraft control systems between 1942 and 1946. During this period, he worked on the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the "flying boat" or the "Spruce Goose." As of March 2017, the plane has the longest wingspan of any flight-capable aircraft. Later in his career, he returned to HAC in 1954-1955 as a research physicist working on the Falcon Guidance System.
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