Assembly members (left to right) Joe Dini, Renee Diamond, Gene Porter, Myrna Williams, and Jim Schofield at Harrah's Casino in Lake Tahoe, February 1989.
The University Library Society Tailgate Party for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). From left to right, the people pictured here include: Standing: Renee Diamond, Myrna Williams, Marta Sorkin, and Helen Mortenson; Seated: Shirley Hurt.
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.
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). L-R: Phyllis Kleiger, Flora Dungan, Gov. Grant Sawyer, Eileen Alvarez, John Foley, Myrna Williams (Torme), Lela Petarde, Esty Valadez. Some of the names may be misspelled because writing on back of photo not clear.