Irene N. Chenin haS lived in Las Vegas since July 1951. She came to join her husband, Dr. Joseph Chenin, who was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base as a dentist during the Korean War. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 3,1926. Irene was very active and volunteered her time, energy and service to the state of Nevada and the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson. She was past president of the Clark County Dental Auxiliary Society and also appointed to the city of Las Vegas Beautilication committee.
Marion D. Bennett, Sr. was born May 31, 1933 in Greenville, South Carolina to a family of eleven. He graduated from Sterling High School and went on to Morris Brown College. After graduating in 1957, he later matriculated at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a Master of Divinity in 1960. Reverend Bennett came to Las Vegas, Nevada on July 7, 1960 to be the pastor of the Zion United Methodist Church. Reverend Bennett fought hard to get the Equal Rights Commission established in Nevada.