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Walker, Sharon, 1949-

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Sharon Walker is a real estate investor and the secretary of the Jewish Family Service Agency in Las Vegas, Nevada. Walker was born on December 8, 1949 in Toledo, Ohio. She moved to Las Vegas with her family in 1963, where they started Walker Furniture, a store which they later sold to the Alterwitz family. Sharon's father, Julius Walker, was also in the casino business. Sharon Walker attended Valley High School in Las Vegas and the University of Arizona, Tucson. She was active in the formation of the Southern Nevada chapter of Hadassah and is a retired stock broker and loan officer.

Walker, Sharon. Interview, 2014 October 8. OH-02168. Audio recording. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.