L-R: Tom Wright (University of Nevada, Las Vegas history professor), John P. Foley (attorney and Nevada State Senator), Peter Arapis (assistant to Nevada State Senator Harry Reid) at a University Library Society reception, Las Vegas, Nevada.
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton with Maurine Wilson, UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson and curator and Las Vegas civic leader Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Mayor Oran K. Gragson (right) with Dr. Joe De los Reyes at the International College of Surgeons, held at the Flamingo Hotel. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.