Mary Hausch was born September of 1949 in Akron, Ohio. Hausch arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada during a spring vacation with four friends. The spontaneity of the trip and her enjoyment of the weather resulted in her applying for, and getting, a reporter position at the Las Vegas Review- Journal (R-J). For the next nineteen years, she worked her way up the newspaper ladder, covered local education issues that included desegregation, a groundbreaking series of Prisoners of War- Missing in Action war stories, and the Nevada legislature.

Alice Doolittle was born on October 7, 1897 in Boston, Massachussetts. She was an actress, a dental assistant, and a housewife. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1921.

Robert Foster was born June 25, 1921 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was the principal of Helen J. Stewart School and helped develop the special education program in Clark County, Nevada.

Miriam Belmont was born November 26, 1923 to William Joseph Flowers and Marie Langton Flowers. Belmont moved to Nevada in 1928. Belmont worked as a secretary and a trailer park manager.

Grant M. Bowler was born September 02, 1912 in Logandale, Nevada. He was a school principal in Moapa Valley for 37 years. Bowler passed away on March 20, 2002.

Gloria (Hicks) Alger was born in the early 1930s in Las Vegas, Nevada. She married Earl Alger after meeting in the Mormon church.