A portrait of Director of S.P.I.C.E. (Students Participating in Community Endeavors) Myrna Williams at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Myrna Williams was born in Chicago in 1929. Her brother was the singer Mel Tormé, so the family moved to Hollywood when she was ten because her brother was under contract with MGM. Shortly after Myrna turned 21, she moved to New York to work for Decca Records. She met the jazz drummer David Williams, whom she married. Myrna, David, and their daughter Indy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. Myrna got involved in politics, and was elected to the Nevada State Assembly and to the Clark County Commission. She also taught in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' department of social work for eleven years. Myrna is also a member of numerous community organizations and sits on the board of the Public Education Foundation and the Anti-Defamation League. Her greatest accomplishment in her opinion is the development of the Cambridge Recreation Center, a community center that houses a skate park and a pool, as well as programming that focuses on at risk youth. In 2007 it was designated as the Myrna Tormé Community Campus.

L-R: Myrna Williams (Las Vegas) and Jan Tyler (Utah) Women's Conference Chair listening to Gloria Steinem at the Nevada Women's Conference that was held in Las Vegas in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center

Nevada politician Myrna (Torme) Williams speaks at a University Library Society event in the Special Collections Reading Room in the James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Nevada Senator Jean Ford stands by (at left). Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas