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Morris, Bobby

Bobby Morris (born Boruch Moishe Stempelman) was born June 30, 1927 and immigrated from Wilno, Poland to Brooklyn, New York in 1937. His passion for drumming was ignited soon after, and he began shining shoes to pay for drumming lessons from Henry Adler. At the age of thirteen, Morris got his first gig playing at the Musicians Union in the Catskill Mountains during the summer. He soon developed a career playing jazz around town with different artists while simultaneously studying at the Manhattan School of Music.

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Mansergh, Margo (Margaret Elizabeth), 1927-2020

Margaret "Margo" Mansergh was born on September 3, 1927 in Blackpool, England. Marsergh began her career as a model in London before moving into dancing, modeling, and eventually as a showgirl in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mansergh was part of a touring company of the Lido de Paris and in the 1960s she began work as a dancer in Frederic Apcar's Vive Le Girls lounge show at the Dunes Hotel.

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LaVoie, Joseph, 1916-1995

Joseph Theodor LaVoie was a police officer and civic activist in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born in St. Boniface, Canada on March 28, 1916. Around 1920, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1939, LaVoie moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and began work at the Rheem Manufacturing Company in Henderson. In 1946, LaVoie joined the City of Las Vegas Police Department as a motorcycle officer where he worked as a police officer for twenty years, retiring as a sergeant in 1966.

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Bush, Darrin S.

Darrin Bush was born January 08, 1948 in Las Vegas, Nevada. After attaining his education at St. Joseph’s Catholic School and Bishop Gorman High School, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Morris, Bobby

Bobby Morris (born Boruch Moishe Stempelman) was born June 30, 1927 and immigrated from Wilno, Poland to Brooklyn, New York in 1937. His passion for drumming was ignited soon after, and he began shining shoes to pay for drumming lessons from Henry Adler. At the age of thirteen, Morris got his first gig playing at the Musicians Union in the Catskill Mountains during the summer. He soon developed a career playing jazz around town with different artists while simultaneously studying at the Manhattan School of Music.

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Exber, Mel

Mel Exber (1923-2002) was an innovative sports book operator and the longtime owner of the Las Vegas Club casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Exber was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 3, 1923. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and moved to Las Vegas in 1947. With his business partner, Jackie Gaughan, Exber opened the Saratoga Sports Book in 1953. Exber bought the Las Vegas Club in 1960, and also owned interests in the El Cortez, Plaza, Club Bingo, Western, Nevada, Gold Spike, and Barbary Coast.

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Murphey, Cynthia Kiser

Cynthia Kiser Murphey was the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino until May 2020. She worked at the New York-New York for twelve years, first joining the company in Human Resources for the Mirage, then moving to the MGM Grand when it opened 1992 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. She started the MGM Resort Corporate University program as well as the onsite childcare program while at MGM Resorts.

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Mansergh, Margo (Margaret Elizabeth), 1927-2020

Margaret "Margo" Mansergh was born on September 3, 1927 in Blackpool, England. Marsergh began her career as a model in London before moving into dancing, modeling, and eventually as a showgirl in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mansergh was part of a touring company of the Lido de Paris and in the 1960s she began work as a dancer in Frederic Apcar's Vive Le Girls lounge show at the Dunes Hotel.

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Gary Guy Wilson Architect Studios

Established in 1969 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gary Guy Wilson, AIA, Architect Studios embodies Wilson’s design philosophy and reflects local cultural characteristics. Wilson’s firm, organized into specialized studios, works on a wide variety of public projects for local and federal governments like educational facilities and government centers including buildings at both Nellis and Indian Springs Air Force airfields.

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