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#67704: Wilson Advising Center Staff - Morgan, Valarie; Furukawa, Derek; Hensley, Carolyn; Canio, Wilma; Tanenhaus, Ginger; Sexton, Lea, 2010 August 17
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Anderson, Shanna
Shanna Anderson was born April 29, 1982 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She moved out of her family’s house at age 16 and went to college in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada multiple times in her life, the last time being in 2008. Anderson met her husband, Ian, through business within the same industry. They got married in Scottsdale, Arizona and both worked in the office furniture industry together. Anderson bought and renovated a house in the McNeil Neighborhood with her husband.
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Daseler, Helen J.
Helen Daseler was born in Denver, Colorado. She moved to Southern California and attended University High School in Los Angeles. She went to college at George Washington University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She married Jack E. Daseler who was serving in the US Navy. The couple moved to Europe later and he worked as a teaching principal. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961 and founded the Las Vegas Day School. Helen taught kidnergarten at the school for 39 years.
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Hambric, Arby L., 1926-
Arby Hambric was born November 24, 1926 in Teague, Texas. He started working in the cotton fields at around age seven and was drafted into the United States Navy, before completing high school. Hambric enrolled in San Diego State College after leaving the U.S. Navy. He also worked as maintenance personnel for Sears and Roebuck, and started a catering business with his wife, Veronica. Hambric moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 after his wife died, and he became a member of the Southern Nevada Enterprise Company Board.
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Walsh, Marty, 1957-
Marty Walsh was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1957 and grew up as the middle child of two sisters. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky when Walsh was 13. After graduating from high school, she moved to Cincinnati to attend college at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Walsh visited almost every state in the United States before moving to Massachusetts, where she met and married her husband. In 1989, they sold their house and backpacked around Europe until they moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998. The Walsh family bought a home in the John S.
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Anderson, Shanna
Shanna Anderson was born April 29, 1982 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She moved out of her family’s house at age 16 and went to college in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada multiple times in her life, the last time being in 2008. Anderson met her husband, Ian, through business within the same industry. They got married in Scottsdale, Arizona and both worked in the office furniture industry together. Anderson bought and renovated a house in the McNeil Neighborhood with her husband.
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Smith, Gordon W.
Gordon Smith was born November 25, 1943 in Tropic, Utah. His family moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in 1947. In 1955 he and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith went to Rancho High School. After high school, he went to barbering college and then was drafted and was a medic in the United States Army taking care of soldiers who had been critically wounded in the Vietnam War. After he got out of the Army, Smith opened a McDonalds and then worked full time as a barber.
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Cox, Norma
Norma Cox was born July 18, 1925, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cox attended primary and secondary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, and attended college in Long Beach, California.
Cox was affiliated with the Nevada Test Site as an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Public Health Serice (PHS) Administrator.
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Shepherd, Henry S.
Henry Shepherd was born and raised on a plantation in Tallulah, Louisiana, where the primary crops were peanuts and corn. When he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967, he worked as a bartender at the Sands Hotel. Shepherd was able to send his daughter to college because he was working for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. Leaving the Sands Hotel, he went to the Landmark Hotel and Casino, and then went to Circus Circus Hotel. The Luxor Hotel and Casino was his final stop in a bartending career that spanned over three decades.
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Israeli American Council (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The mission of the Israeli American Council (IAC) of Las Vegas is to support the local Israeli-American community and "to strengthen the Jewish and Israeli identity of the next generation, engage in outreach to the Jewish-American community at large, and reinforce support for Israel." IAC has programs to teach children, college students, and adults about Israeli language and culture. IAC also provides volunteer opportunities and holds a festival and other events centered on Israeli culture and Jewish holidays.
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