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Kozloff, Jake
Jacob "Jake" Kozloff was a casino investor and manager in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Russia, he moved to Redding, Pennsylvania in 1905. Beginning in 1933, Kozloff was president and treasurer of Lebanon Valley Brewing Company in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s he moved to Las Vegas where he invested in and oversaw operations at the Thunderbird, the Frontier (1951-1955), and the Golden Nugget.
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Krenzien, Lawrence Frerric
Lawrence Frerric Krenzien was born on September 14, 1933 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lawrence married Marjorie on August 28, 19559 and they had two children: Kevin Roland and Brian Lars.
Krenzien has a bachelor of science degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin.
Krenzien waorked at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory from 1955 to 1963. Then Krienzien worked on the North American Aviation Apollo Project from 1963 to 1964. Krenzien worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) from 1964 to 1993.
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Kwon, Myoung-ja Lee
Myoung-ja Lee Kwon was born in 1943 on the grounds of the Kyongbok Palace in Korea. Her father’s occupation as a university professor which gave the family a higher status and allowed them to live in a state of prosperity. But war changed these circumstances. In 1965, after graduating from Seoul National University, Kwon got married and moved to the United States of America, where a year later she earned a Master’s degree in Library Science from Provo, Utah.
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Lansky, Meyer, 1902-1983
Meyer Lansky, known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure of Polish birth who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States.
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