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Barrón, Isaac
Isaac Eloy Barrón identifies as a Mexican American. However, as he explains, it took a move five hundred miles away, from North Las Vegas to Winnemucca, to learn what it meant to be Mexican—and that he spoke with a Chihuahuan accent. It was also in Winnemucca that Barrón lauched his stellar career as an educator.
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Savino, Santo
Santo Savino was born on April 04, 1937 in New York City, New York to Ruth and Peter Savino. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960.
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Craddock, John E., Dr., 1922-
Dr. John E. Craddock was born on March 08, 1922 in San Diego, California. He was a dentist and was in the United States Navy.
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Ramirez, Chris
Chris Ramirez was born on November 04, 1972 in Pueblo, Colorado. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973. He is the owner and producer for Lola Pictures and Silver State Production Services.
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Gilbert, George, 1931-
George Gilbert was born in 1931 in Southgate, California. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936. He was a milk deliveryman for five years before becoming the owner of Gilbert Distributing Company.
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Clary, Ernest H. (Ernest Henry), 1906-1981
Ernest Clary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Clary worked as a professional engineer geologist and regeistered surveyor.
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Morales-Jackson, Catherine
Catherine Morales-Jackson grew up in Hazlet, New Jersey. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981. Morales-Jackson retired from UNLV University Libraries at the age of 51.
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Hendrix, LaVaun
LaVaun Hendrix was born in Nebraska. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 with her husband who was took a job as a professor of education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Hendrix worked as a teacher.
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Casper, Elizabeth, 1946-
Elizabeth Casper was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 6, 1946 to Alfred A. Sromalla and Norma LaVerne Keebler. She married Herbert J. Casper on December 31, 1975.
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