Allen, Janice Haupt, 1927-

Janice Allen was raised in Sebring, Ohio and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948. Allen attended Wesleyan College in West Virginia where she wrote for the college’s newspaper and served as class secretary. After her move to Las Vegas, Allen wrote for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She was involved in many civic organizations such as the Service League, which would later be renamed the Las Vegas Junior League, the Junior Chamber of Commerce Wives, and the Jaycees. Allen has contributed to several civic projects, such as the creation of Fantasy Park and the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. She has also been involved with other Nevada organizations such as Vegas PBS, Opportunity Village, Nathan Adelson Hospice, and Three Square Food Bank. Allen was awarded the Junior Leagues Lifetime Community Achievement Award in 2008.

Sources:

Ric Anderson, “Angels in the Valley: Janice Haupt-Allen Makes time for philanthropy”, Las Vegas Sun, May 4, 2014, https://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/may/04/angels-valley-janice-haupt-allen-makes-time-philan/.

“The Woman who helped build the Smith Center… and Las Vegas,” The Smith Center, accessed January 7, 2019, https://www.thesmithcenter.com/blog/the-woman-who-helped-build-the-smith-center-and-las-vegas/.