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Temple Beth Sholom Women's League newsletter Vision, 2001 - 2003
Collection Name: Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community
Box/Folder: Box 2
Archival Component
Photographs, undated
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Pomegranate Social, 1998
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Treasures of Russia Outreach, 1999
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
United Luncheon, 2004
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Pomegranate Luncheons, 2000
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Pomegranate Luncheons, 2001
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Joan and Leslie Dunn by Barbara Tabach, June 20, 2016 and May 30, 2017
Among the stories of those who came to Las Vegas in the 1960s to work at the Nevada Test Site is that of Leslie Dunn and his wife Joan. Leslie had been hired by the U.S. Public Health Service to monitor radiation from the explosions. He has tales flying into craters that make you wide-eyed. This assignment would last until his “retirement” in 1983 – one can’t really describe this couple as retired. During these early years, while Les pursued his scientist career, Joan’s chief focus was on raising their three children, Bruce Dunn, Loryn Dunn Arkow, and Sharon Dunn Levin. She also completed her education in accounting at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was involved with Equal Right Amendment efforts and League of Women Voters. The couple were only in their forties when Les left the PHS. As he looked forward to new opportunities, he felt compelled to pursue his longtime dream to become a builder, something he had dabbled at as a youngster with his father, Jack Dunn. Together, he an
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