Hirsch, Charles J., 1912-2002

Accountant Charles J. Hirsch was born in New York City, New York on November 8, 1912. After graduating from New York's Pace University in 1938, with a degree in Accounting and Business Administration, he traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was employed by the Apache Hotel on Fremont Street. His stay in Las Vegas was interrupted once by a five-year tour of duty with the Air Force Contract Audit Division, where he attained the rank of captain before his release in 1946. In 1950 he was hired by the Golden Nugget, Inc., where he served as Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, and Assistant Corporate Secretary until 1970. In 1975 Hirsch created a Master Gaming Report and a Summary of Daily Operations Report for the Sands Hotel and Casino. Hirsch pioneered a program he called "casino systemization," which stressed the relationship of systems and procedures conducted in a casino environment to those conducted in other types of businesses. Although only money is exchanged in a casino, there is still a profit and loss factor to be maintained and quality control measures taken to insure the legitimacy of the operations conducted. Hirsch spoke extensively at conferences for the American Society of Quality Control (ASQC) about the broad range of systems used in quality control and how they applied to the casino industry. Charles J. Hirsch passed away on July 3, 2002.