Eugene P. Moehring Professor Department of History University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 455020 Las Vegas, Nevada  89154-5020 Phone: (702) 895-3309 ~ Fax: (702) 895-1782 eugene.moehring@unlv.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1976, City University of New York (History)
M.A. 1970 Queens College (History)
B.A. 1968, Queens College (History)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1990-   Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1982-90 Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1976-82 Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1973-75 Adjunct Lecturer, Hunter College

HONORS AND AWARDS

UNLV Alumni Association Faculty Member of the Year Award, 2004
Nominee, UNLV Foundation's Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 1993, 1995, 1997
Nevada Humanities Award, 1990
William Morris Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 1989
Rita Deanin Abbey Teacher of the Year Award, 1987
William Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1980-81

COURSES TAUGHT

Honors and regular American History surveys
Nevada History
America, 1920-1945; U.S. Since 1945
History of Science from Ancient to Modern Times
The Role of Business in American History
The Impact of Technology on Modern Society
American Urban History (undergraduate and graduate)
The Urban West (graduate colloquium and seminar)
U.S. Domestic Historiography (grad.)
Ethics and Policy Studies (graduate)

PUBLICATIONS

Books: (each of the 5 books were blind-peer refereed by two historians).

UNLV: The University of Nevada, Las Vegas: A History (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2007).

Las Vegas: A Centennial History, co-authored with Michael S. Green (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2005)

Urbanism and Empire in the Far West, 1840-1890  (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2004).

Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000 (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2000). It is a new edition (with a new 40-page chapter) of the original book--Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-1970  (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1989; revised and updated paperback ed., 1995).

Public Works and the Patterns of Urban Real Estate Growth in Manhattan, 1835-1894 (New York: Arno Press, 1981).

Non-Refereed Short Monograph:

Urban America and the Foreign Traveler, 1815-1855 (New York, 1974).

Non-Refereed Edited Book:

The Civil War Extra (New York, 1975).

Refereed Edited Series:

“The Urban West” Co-editor with David W. Wrobel for the University of Nevada Press, 2003-

“Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935,” 39 Vols.  Co-Editor with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1974).

“Metropolitan America,” 55 Vols.  Assistant Editor to Richard C. Wade (1974).

Refereed Articles/Book Chapters (all items are blind-peer refereed unless otherwise indicated):

“Las Vegas History: A Research Agenda,”  Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 47 (Winter 2004): 259-282.

“Immigration, Ethnicity and the Rise of Las Vegas” in The Peoples of Las Vegas: One City, Many Faces, eds. Jerry L. Simich and Thomas C. Wright (University of Nevada Press, 2005): 1-17.

"The Sahara Hotel: Las Vegas' 'Jewel in the Desert,'" in Karin Jaschke and Silke Otsch, eds., Stripping Las Vegas: A Contextual Review of Casino Resort Architecture (London: Verso and University of Weimar Press, 2003), 13-40.

“Las Vegas: Growth, Services, and the Political Economy of Gambling, 1970-1999," in Mike Davis and Hal K. Rothman, eds., The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002), 73-98.

"'Promoting the Varied Interests of the New and Rising Community,' The Booster Press on Nevada's Mining Frontier, 1859-1885," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 42 (Summer 1999), 91-118.

"Referencing the City: Encyclopedias and Urban History," a review  essay  in Vol. 20 The Public Historian: A Journal of Public History, (Spring 1998), 63-67. (refereed by journal editors)

"Las Vegas: Growth and Infrastructure: A Legacy of Poor Planning," The Western Planner Vol. 18 (December 1997), 12-14. (refereed by

journal editor).

“The Comstock Urban Network,” Pacific Historical Review, LXVI (August 1997), 337-362.

"The Civil War and Town Founding in the Intermountain West," Western Historical Quarterly, XXVIII (Autumn 1997), 316-341.

“Profile of a Nevada Railroad Town:  Las Vegas in 1910,” Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, (Winter 1991), 466-487.

“The Networked City:  A Euro-American View,” Journal of Urban History (November 1990), 88-97; republished in French in Europe in FLUX (July-December 1993), 74-81 (refereed by editor).

“Nevada History: A Research Agenda,” Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Spring 1989), 23-52.

“Town-making on the Southern Nevada Frontier: Las Vegas, 1905-1925,” in Essays in Honor of Wilbur Shepperson (University of Nevada Press, 1989).

“Eagle Over Main Street: The Federal Presence in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area,” in Dina Titus, ed., Battle Born: Federal-State Conflict in the Twentieth Century (Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1989) (refereed by editor).

“Suburban Resorts and the Triumph of Las Vegas,” appeared in two refereed forums: Halcyon (1988), 201-214 and Wilbur Shepperson,

ed., East of Eden, West of Zion: Readings in Nevada History (University of Nevada Press, 1989).

“Las Vegas and the Second World War,” Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Spring 1986), 1-30.

“Space, Economic Growth and the Public Works Revolution in New York,” in Infrastructure and Urban Growth in the Nineteenth Century, a publication of Essays in Public Works History (December 1985), 29-59.

“Frederick Law Olmsted and the Central Park Revolution,” Halcyon (1985), 59-76.

“Public Works and Urban History:  Recent Trends and New Directions,” Essays in Public Works History (August 1982), 1-60.

“Public Works and the New Deal in Las Vegas, 1933-1940,” Nevada Historical Society Quarterly XXIV (Summer 1981), 107-129.

“The Urban Crisis in Historical Perspective,” Halcyon (1980), 95-114.

Non-Refereed Article:

“City and Spectacle: How Steve Wynn Changed the Las Vegas Landscape,” appeared in the inaugural issue of Wynn Magazine (April

2005): 200-202.

Book Reviews

Sally Zanjani, Devils Will Reign: How Nevada Began   The Historian 69 (September 2007): 567-568.
Giovanna Franci, Dreaming of Italy : Las Vegas and the Virtual Grand  Tour   H-Urban (November 2005).
Carl Abbott, The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West  Journal of the West, 42 (Winter 2003): 96-97.
John Walton, Storied Land: Community and Memory in Monterey  Journal of American History 89 (March 2003), 1620-1621.
Carl Abbott, Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest   Nevada Historical Society Quarterly 45 (Fall 2002): 180-182.
Carl Abbott, The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West,   Journal of the West, 41 (Fall 2002), 93.
Carl Abbott, Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest,   Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 45 (February 2002): 180-182.
Robert G. Spinney, City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago,   Journal of the West, 40 (Fall 2001), 104.
Ronald James, The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode Pacific Historical Review 70 (February 2001), 119-120.
John F. Bauman, et. al., From Tenements to the Taylor Homes: In   Search of an Urban Housing Policy in Twentieth-Century America, Housing & the Democratic Ideal: The Life and Thought of Charles Abrams,  American Historical Review, 107 (February 2002): 232-234.
Ronald  James, The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode, Pacific Historical Review 70 (February 2001): 119-120.
Peter Wolf,  Hot Towns: The Future of the Fastest Growing Communities in America,  H-Urban (December 2000).
M. Gottdiener, Claudia C. Collins, and David R. Dickens, Las Vegas: The             Social Production of an All-American City (Oxford: Blackwells Publishers, 1999), Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 43 (Fall 2000), 291-294.
Gray Brechin, Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999),   Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 43 (Fall 2000), 298-300.
D. W. Meinig, Transcontinental America, 1850-1915, Volume III in The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of American History (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998),   Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 43 (Spring 2000), 113-116.
Gary E. Elliott, The New Western Frontier: An Illustrated History of Greater Las Vegas,  Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 42 (Summer 1999), 191-192.
Martha Hildreth and Bruce Moran, eds. Disease and Medical Care in the Mountain West: Essays on Region, History, and Practice,   Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Winter 1998), 329-330.
Bruce Hevly and John Findlay, eds., The Atomic West,   Western Historical Quarterly, (Autumn 1999), 374.
Joanne Goldman, Building New York's Sewers: Developing Mechanisms of Urban Management, American Historical Review 103 (June 1998), 73-74.
Michael Malone, James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Pacific Northwest   Nevada Historical Society Quarterly,  Nevada Historical Society Quarterly 40 (Fall 1997), 334-336.
David K. Ballast, The Denver Chronicle: From a Golden Past to a Mile-High Future,  Journal of the West (April 1997) Vol. 36 No. 2, 109.
Michael Danielson, Profits and Politics in Paradise:  The Development of Hilton Head Island,  Journal of American History (September 1996), 689.
Martin Melosi, ed., Urban Public Policy:  Historical Modes and Methods,  Planning Perspectives (July 1995), 322-324.
Carl Abbott, The Metropolitan Frontier:  Cities in the Modern American West,   Great Plains Research (February 1995), 163-164.
David Spanier, Welcome to the Pleasuredome: Inside Las Vegas, Journal of the West (July 1995), 120.
G. Wesley Johnson, Jr., ed., Phoenix in the Twentieth Century:  Essays in Community History, The Public Historian (Spring 1995), 82-84.
R. Kling, et. al., Postsuburban California: The Transformation of Orange County Since World War II, Planning Perspectives 7 (October 1992), 439-441.
Gerald Nash, Creating the West, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Spring 1992), 63-64.
Raymond Mohl, ed., Searching for the Sunbelt, Journal of American History, (December 1991), 1150-1151.
Robert Fairbanks and Kathleen Underwood, eds., Essays on Sunbelt Cities and Recent Urban America, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, (July 1991), 117.
Laurance Rand, High Stakes:  The Life and Times of Leigh S.J. Hunt, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Spring 1991), 314-315.
Robert Righter, The Making of a Town:  Wright, Wyoming, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Summer 1986).
Richard Lowitt, The New Deal and the West, Public Works Historical Society Newsletter (Spring 1986).
John Reps, Town Planning in Frontier America, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Winter 1982).
Mark Rose, Interstate:  Express Highway Politics, 1941-1956, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Fall 1981).
Lawrence Larsen, The Urban West at the End of the Frontier, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly (Fall 1979).

Encyclopedia Entries

Encyclopedia entry on Las Vegas (3,000 words) for William N. Thompson, ed., Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2001), 218-224.
The “Las Vegas” entry for Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, eds.,  Encyclopedia of the American West, (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), 851-852.

PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS

University Forum Lecture, “Rebels in the Desert: Creating UNLV, 1957-1969,” September 5, 2007.
Chair and Written Comments for a panel “Stagnation and Renewal in the South’s Coastal Cities” at the 3rd Biennial Urban History Association Conference in Tempe (September 20, 2006).
Chair and Written Comments for panel on "The Postmodern City," 1st Biennial Urban History Association Conference in Pittsburgh (September 27, 2002).
Written Comments for the Urban History Group's panel on "Beaches, Land, and Politics," Social Science History Association Conference in St. Louis, October 25, 2002.
“Western Town Founding During the Civil War,” paper delivered at the Biennial Nevada History Conference, May 24, 1995.
Commenter on Las Vegas panel of the American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference, in Las Vegas, March 8, 1995.
“The Comstock Urban Network, 1859-1876,” paper delivered at the Power and Place in the American West Conference at the University of Washington, Seattle, November 5, 1994.
Chair and written comments for Women’s History panel at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, March 28, 1991.
Written Comments on Sunbelt Cities and Culture Panel, Western History Association Annual Convention in Sparks, NV, October 15, 1990.
Written comments on two papers for the panel, “Problem City and Paradise Town:  Two Perspectives on Urbanization in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area,” delivered at the Western History Association Convention in Tacoma, October 1989.
“From Railroads to Resorts:  Las Vegas in Search of an Economy, 1905-1955,” delivered at the Organization of American Historians Convention in Reno, March 1988.
“Las Vegas and the Struggle for Industry in the Urban Southwest, 1935-1985,” University Forum, UNLV, May 13, 1987.
“The Real Estate Record and Builder’s Guide:  Public Works Agenda-Setting in New York, 1868-1883,” delivered at the Organization of American Historians Convention in New York, April 10, 1986.
“The Impact of Hoover Dam on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area,” paper delivered at a conference entitled “Harnessing the Colorado:  The Building and Significance of Hoover Dam,” Boulder City, Nevada, September 19, 1985 (commemorating the dam’s 50th anniversary).
“Frederick Law Olmsted and the Revolution in Urban Infrastructure,” at the World Conference on Olmsted Parks at Hunter College, New York, September 24, 1983.
“Building Manhattan’s Infrastructure, 1835-1870,” delivered at Columbia University’s “Seminar on the City,” April 9, 1979.  (I was the guest speaker that night.)

SERVICE

System

Member, Search Committee to hire a marketing manager for the University of Nevada Press.

University

President and President Elect, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society—Chapter 100-UNLV, 2006-08
Member, UNLV 50th Anniversary Committee, 2004-07
Member, Local Arrangements Committee for 2004, WHA Convention in Las Vegas
Member, Las Vegas Centennial Committee, 2001-2005, appt. by Mayor Oscar Goodman
Member, University Grievance Committee, 2003-05
Participated in a Focus Group to discuss the Internet and teaching and, more specifically, the role of paper vs. electronic resources in the UNLV library's development planning, May 1, 2000.
Worked with Peter Michel (of Lied library's Special Collections) on his project to digitize Las Vegas history and led an effort to digitize the valuable Las Vegas Age and Review-Journal Index (now controlled by the Nevada Historical Society in Lorenzi Park) and bring it to     UNLV. The digitizing would ultimately make the index available to all libraries, Fall 2000.
Distinguished Teacher (and Spanos) Selection Committee, 1995-1997.
Search Committee for Graduate College Recruiter, 1996-97
Southern Nevada Women’s Archive Advisory Board, 1994-1998.
Search Committee for Head of Special Collections, 1993-95.
Graduate Exploration Day, 1992, 1994.
Regents Interview, Evaluation of President Robert Maxson, 1991.
University Research Grants and Fellowship Committee, 1991-1992.
Classified Staff Employee of the Year Committee, 1991.
Selection Committee for the Distinguished Professor Award, 1990.
Counselor for University Orientation, 1990.
Sabbatical Leave Committee (one-term proxy), Spring 1989.
University Admissions Committee, 1988-1990.
University Senate (one-year proxy), Spring 1988.
Steering Committee for Ethics and Policy Studies M.A. Program, 1987-91.
Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Honors Program Curriculum, 1987.
Barrick Faculty Development Committee, 1983-87.
Ad Hoc Committee to Revise UNLV’s Bylaws, 1983-84.
Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1982-84.
Member, University Graduate Council, 1982-84.
Counselor, Freshman Orientation, 1982.
Code Committee, 1981-83.  (I worked with Allan Mori and Corryn Crosby in the sub-committee dealing with Chapters 3, 5 and 6 of the Regents’ controversial new code. These chapters covered “tenure review,” personnel and disciplinary procedures.)
Represented UNLV at the Gulf Faculty Forum for Western Universities in Denver, August 11-13, 1981.
Task Force to Evaluate the Summer School Program, 1980-81.
Ad Hoc Committee to Choose a Commencement Speaker, 1979-81.

College of Liberal Arts:

Wrote the guidelines for the annual evaluation of tenured faculty that, with some modifications, we use today in the College of Liberal Arts.
Wrote a history of the College of Liberal Arts at the Dean’s request in 2007.
New Faculty Mentoring Committee, 2002-2005.
Peer Teaching Consultant Committee, 1999-
Personnel Committee, 1983-84, 1989-91, 1998-2000 (Chair, 1990-91; 1999-2000).
Executive Committee, 1987-91; 1994-95; 2005-.
Nominating Committee, 1982; 1991-2000 (Chair).
William Morris Committee on Excellence in Research, 1990-93.
Steering Committee, Journal of the Contemporary West, 1988-90.
Bylaws Committee, 1988-90.
Ad Hoc Committee on Release Time Policy for Graduate Coordinators, 1988.
Ad Hoc Committee to Prepare the Estate Tax Proposal for the College’s Journal of the Contemporary West, 1988.
Sub-committee to Prepare Guidelines for Annual Evaluation of Faculty in the College of Arts and Letters, 1987-88.
Member, William Morris Committee on Excellence in Teaching, 1981-84; Chair, 1982-84.  (In addition to selecting the William Morris Award winner, we also redesigned the College’s teaching evaluation form in 1983-84.)
Reviewed proposals for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends for 1981.

 Department of History

Chair, 1987-91; 2005-08. As chair, I pushed for the Master of Arts in Teaching History degree.
As chair in 1990, I pushed for a doctoral program in History and wrote most of the proposal, which the Regents approved in 1990.
As chair in 2005, I sought to promote more inclusivity in our course offerings by pushing an initiative in world history covering the Middle East, Pacific Rim, and Africa, areas we had not covered before. We received 3 tenure-track positions for this in 2005 and filled them.
Wrote the department’s new Strategic Plan in 2005.
Chair, Search Committee for Atlantic World position (hired Kevin Dawson), 2005-06.
Member, Awards Committee, 2005-06.
Travel Committee, 2003-05
Assessment and Teaching Committee, 2003-04
Ad Hoc Committee on Oral History, 1999-00
Graduate Advisor (Coordinator), 1978-88; 1990-99. (I created the position in 1978)
Wrote the graduate version of department’s re-accreditation report, 1999
Wrote the department's graduate program recruitment plan, 1998
Chair, Graduate Committee, 1978-85, 1986-87, 1995-1999.
Member, Western History Search Committee, (hired David Wrobel), 1998
As Graduate Coordinator, I pushed for creation of a Public History component in our graduate program and wrote the proposal for the new Public History component 1997-1998
Member, Public History Search Committee, 1998-99.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Public History, 1999-
Chair, Search Committee for U.S. Constitutional history position, 1996-97 (hired David Tanenhaus)
Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Program Fundraising, 1993.
Personnel Committee, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1985-87; Chair, 1991-93; ad hoc member, 1993-95, Fall 1997-2003.
In 1991, I put the department on a 3-2 course load and later convinced the Maxson Administration to allow it.
Travel Committee, 1976-78, 1993-94.
Wrote all of the graduate portion of the department's Self Study, 1996.
Wrote most of the graduate portion of the department's Strategic Plan in 1996.
Wrote the department’s grant proposal for its Library Microforms Wish List (Primary Sources) for the UNLV Foundation, Fall 1994. The library later funded over $100,000 of it.
Faculty Mentor for part-time instructors, 1994-96
Testified before the Nevada Board of Regents for approval of the department’s Ph.D. Program in History, January 9, 1991, Reno.
Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Western History Library Acquisitions, 1991-95. This covered more than $400,000 in collections that the library purchased.
Chair, Search Committee for Native-American position, 1988-89 (hired Willard Rollings).
Search Committee for Latin American Position, 1986-87.
Chair, William Morris Creativity Award Committee, 1984.
Search Committee to replace Roman Zorn, 1981.
Department Long-Range Planning Committee, 1980-81.  (I wrote portions of the final report.)
Created the Dept. Style Sheet for footnotes and bibliography (in 1995, the department finally adopted the Chicago Manual of Style)
Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Advisor, 1978-88.  (I helped organize the Psi Sigma Chapter at UNLV. In 1979, I chaired the urban history panel at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional meeting at Occidental College and delivered written comments (and drove UNLV students to the conference).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Delivered a brief lecture and answered audience questions about Las Vegas history at the Vegas Valley Book Festival, October 22, 2005.
One-hour interview with Emi Umeda of Japanese television for a documentary on Las Vegas to be eventually aired in Japan, September 13, 2005.
Did two 1-hour interviews on KNPR with Gwen Castaldi and Michael Green on the history of Las Vegas, August 11, 2005.
Interview with Dave McKee of the Las Vegas Business Press for his story on the history of hidden ownership and silent partners in Las Vegas casinos, July 7, 2005.
Live television interview on Channel 8 with Jeff Gillan to discuss the history of Las Vegas, May 4, 2005.
Gave a lecture entitled: “From Mob Town to International Destination: The Rise of Las Vegas” delivered to the Las Vegas Genealogical Association, March 5, 2005 at the Gold Coast.
Interview with Gwen Castaldi (with listener call-ins) on KNPR concerning the history of Las Vegas, February 2, 2005.
Interview with Boston Globe reporter John Friess about the Las Vegas centennial and the city’s early history, January 4, 2005.
Chaired a session at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at UNLV, April 9, 2005.
Member, Local Arrangements Committee for Western History Association Convention in Las Vegas, October 14-17, 2004. I also conducted bus tours of the Strip for the historians.
Consultant for Insignia Films for their Las Vegas documentary “Las Vegas: An Unconventional History,” 2004-05. I edited the scripts and film, pointing out errors and suggesting additions and deletions.
Co-Editor (with David Wrobel) of "The Urban West," a series of books published by the University of Nevada Press, 2003-  .
Nevada CD-ROM Project Committee, 1999-2000
Member and Chair, Urban History Association’ Nominating Committee
Member, Board of Editors, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 1978- (Chair, 1990-2000).
Member, University of Nevada Press, Board of Editors, 1998-2001.
Chair, "Women and Gaming" panel at Fifth Biennial Nevada History Conference in Reno, May 20, 1997.
Consultant to "Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertaining Oral            Project, 1996-1997.
Consultant to Channel 5 in Reno in 1995 for their show, "From Backrooms to Boardrooms," about major gaming figures in Las Vegas history.
At the request of UNLV library, I examined Bob Coffin's Union Pacific Railroad Collection of Las Vegas history (that included several hundred thousand items) and wrote a report recommending its purchase, December 31, 1994. UNLV subsequently purchased it. It has been the source for dozens of student theses, dissertations, and papers.
Member, Nevada State Historical Records Advisory Board (appointed by Governor Richard Bryan, 1986-87 and reappointed by Governor Bob Miller for 1987-90).
Nominating Committee, Public Works Historical Society, 1984-85.
Refereed numerous articles and book manuscripts over the years
for journals and publishers—too numerous to mention.
Refereed the book manuscript, Battle Born Nevada, which many school districts in the state adopted in 1996 as their Nevada history textbook for junior high schools.
In 1980-81, I found the original minute books covering all the meetings of the Las Vegas City Council from 1911 to 1959 in a Carson City warehouse. I negotiated a deal to transfer these valuable historical documents from state control to UNLV as part of the opening ceremonies for the new library (rectangular building) addition, 1981.
In 1993 I negotiated an agreement with the Clark County Recorder’s Office and the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society to transfer the Index to these meetings to the UNLV Library.
Vice President, Preservation Association of Clark County, 1977-79.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Pacific Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Western History Association
Nevada Historical Society
Southern Nevada Historical Society
Public Works Historical Society
American Urban History Association

HONOR SOCIETIES

Phi Alpha Theta-The National History Honor Society (I founded the chapter at UNLV in 1978 and served as faculty advisor for 10 years)
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (President of UNLV’s Chapter, 2007-2009)

COMMUNITY SERVICE  (By no means a complete list)

Interview with Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Lawrence Mower about the UNLV presidency of Robert Maxson, December 14, 2007.
Taped interview with Jenna Kohler about the history of North Las Vegas for the Sun’s new website, November 8, 2007.
Interview with Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Lawrence Mower about student militancy in the 1960s as compared with today, November 6, 2007.
KNPR interview on the history of UNLV and other aspects of Higher Education Policy in Nevada, October 24, 2007.
Interview with Charlotte Hsu of the Las Vegas Sun on the history of UNLV, October 17, 2005.
Interview with Todd Wicher of Las Vegas Life about how the past sheds light on predicting the future development of UNLV, October 12, 2007.
Delivered a presentation on “UNLV and Las Vegas’ Economic Diversification Over the Decades” for the Professional Staff Retreat, October 5, 2007.
Live Interview with Jeff Gillan on the News at Nine (Channel 19) about the history of UNLV, September 19, 2007.
Video interview with Las Vegas Sun reporter Andy Feinstein on the history of UNLV for the Sun’s new Las Vegas history website, September 14, 2007.
Interview with Tom Wicker of Las Vegas Life on the most important event in Las Vegas history, May 5, 2007.
Interview with Las Vegas Life on the significance of Thomas Hull to Las Vegas, May 7, 2007.
Interview with David MacKee of the LV Sun on the history of union-management relations in Las Vegas, May 30, 2007.
Interview with Jack Sheehan of the Las Vegas Sun on Hal Rothman’s contributions to UNLV and Las Vegas, February 2, 2007.
Interview with Las Vegas Business Press reporter David McKee about the leveraged buyout of Harrahs, January 5, 2007.
Interview with the Las Vegas Business Press concerning the history of union-management relations in Las Vegas, March 20, 2007.
Interview with the Las Vegas Business Press concerning the leveraged buyout of Harrahs, January 5, 200.
Interview with Las Vegas Sun reporter Ed Cook for his story on the Stardust Hotel in the early 1980s, November 8, 2006.
Interview with Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Lawrence Mauer for his story about UNLV presidents, September 22, 2006.
Consultants Committee (appointed by Mayor Oscar Goodman) for the proposed Mob Museum downtown. Met with the museum’s designers, Fall 2006.
Taped a 1-hour interview with Japanese television on “Las Vegas and Bugsy Siegel” news show, August 18, 2006.
As an unpaid consultant, I read and prepared a response to the Nevada State Museum’s 90-page report entitled: “Preliminary Design Concepts Plan,” June, 2006 correcting dozens of errors in a document that was poorly prepared by the state.
Taped a 90-minute interview with the History Channel for their show on Nevada, April 21, 2006.
Interview with Amy Waltman for her story on the Las Vegas Strip slated for the Atlantic Monthly, March 29, 2006.
Radio interview with KNPR’s Dave Berns on the What If’s of Las Vegas and Nevada history, February 7, 2006.
Interview with Las Vegas Sun reporter Ed Cook on the history of the Silver Bowl, January 20, 2006.
Interview with Las Vegas Sun reporter Jennifer Schaviansky for her story on “Vertical Las Vegas—The Condo Craze,” January 13, 2006.
Interview with Channel 3’s Lisa Hidalgo about the history of the Tropicana Hotel, January 12, 2006.
Interview with West Valley News concerning Bob Bailey and the history of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, January 3, 2006.
Refereed a radio script for Minneapolis public radio program on Las Vegas history, July 2005.
Filmed a two-hour interview with New York-based Insignia Films for their PBS documentary “Las Vegas: An Unconventional History” on September 16, 2004. I appeared about four times in the documentary which aired nationally for two nights in November 2005.
Taped two half hour shows for KLVX Ch. 10. Appeared with Elaine Wynn and two others with host Mitch Fox commenting on the Insignia Films two-part documentary that had just aired.
One-hour interview and listener call-in show on KNPR Radio with Gwen Castaldi on Las Vegas street names, July 13, 2004.
Interview with Matt O’Brien on the history of flooding in Las Vegas, May 27, 2004.
Interview with Jeff Simpson of the Las Vegas Sun on the Legacy of Jackie Gaughan to Las Vegas, April 5, 2004.
Interview with David McKee of Las Vegas Life on the history of the Las Vegas Hilton, February 6, 2004.
Participant in the roundtable discussion “Is Las Vegas Different?” chaired by John L. Smith at the Vegas Valley Book Festival, October 25, 2003.
Interview with Las Vegas Mercury reporter Bob Schmelgian for a story on Las Vegas’ urban problems, August 7, 2003.
Member, Las Vegas Centennial Historians’ Working Group, 2003-05.
Appointed by Mayor Jim Gibson as a resource consultant for the history book project commemorating Henderson’s 50th anniversary as a city.
Taped a film interview with Digital Media for the Basic Magnesium documentary commemorating Henderson's 50th anniversary, February 3, 2003.
Edited Matt Lay's manuscript on the History of Henderson, Summer 2003.
Participated in the roundtable discussion “Is Las Vegas Different?" chaired by John L. Smith at the Vegas Valley Book Festival, October 25, 2003.
Nevada On-Line Encyclopedia Project, editor of "The Federal Presence in Nevada" section, attended meetings in 2003.
Member, Las Vegas Centennial Committee--Historians' Subcommittee—appointed by Mayor Oscar Goodman at request of Bob Stoldal.
20 minute interview with Las Vegas Mercury reporter by Bob Schmelgian for a story on Las Vegas's urban problems, August 7, 2003.
Delivered a lecture on Las Vegas history to seniors at the city's Senior Citizen's Center, November 21, 2002.
Taped an interview on the history of racism in Las Vegas for The Learning Channel, October 8, 2002.
Taped a T.V. interview on the history of flooding in Las Vegas with Ann Yeager of the Flood Channel, August 27, 2002.
Delivered a 90-minute presentation on the history of Las Vegas to the McDonald Literary Guild at the Green Valley Ranch, December 10, 2000.
Delivered a lecture on "Las Vegas and the Political Economy of Gambling"            to a class of Public Administration graduate students, December 1, 2000.
TV interview for three hours on the Las Vegas Strip by Kelly O'Brien of Canada's Bravo network for its documentary on Las Vegas, September 22, 2000.
Interview with Soyun Roe of Overbrook Entertainment for its documentary on the Moulin Rouge, August 21, 2000.
TV interview with Channel 8 reporter Nancy Byrne on "Day One Las Vegas," discussing the historical development of Las Vegas, July 28, 2000.
Advised the Two Roads Production Company of New York City for their documentary on Hoover Dam during World War II, May 11-June 1,           2000.
Interview with Matt O'Brien of City Life on the history of White Cross Drug in early Las Vegas, March 3, 2000.
Interview with Craig Tepper, a Los Angeles freelance writer, researching a story about the history of the Tropicana Hotel and Tropicana Avenue, January 26, 2000.
Phone interview with Melissa Kennedy of a Los Angeles-based production company for a program on the Las Vegas mob, January 19, 2000.
On October 14, 1999, prepared a script and did a 20-minute TV interview at KVBC-TV Channel 3 studios with Tom Hawley on the impact of highways on Las Vegas history. It played on the news on November 2       and various times thereafter.
Did a 1-hour interview in February 11, 1999 with novelist Mark Nieson to give him historical background for his Las Vegas-based novel.
On January 19, 1999, did an interview with Justin Hayes to give background for his story on civil rights activist James McMillan, which          appeared in the Las Vegas Weekly, February 3-9, 1999, 8-9.
On March 18, 1999  did an interview with Review-Journal's A.D. Hopkins for his story on gaming regulator, Robbins Cahill.
On April 28, 1999  did an interview with Hopkins for his story on Gov. Mike O'Callaghan
Throughout the spring and summer I advised Hopkins and K. J. Evans on various articles they were writing on The First 100: Portraits of Men and Women Who Shaped Las Vegas (Las Vegas: Huntington Press, 1999). I am acknowledged in the front.
On June 2, 1999, did a phone interview with Bill Fulton of Governing Magazine for his story on "The Impact of Managed Growth and Increasing Impact Fees on the Las Vegas Mayoral Election."
On July 22, 1999 did a phone interview with Willy Bernette, an independent television producer in Los Angeles, for an HBO documentary on Moe Dalitz.
August 1999 did an interview with Martin Torgoff of Just Jump Productions of southern California for a documentary he is researching for the 50th anniversary of the Desert Inn Hotel.
November, 1999 interview with Kevin Ferguson of the Las Vegas Business Press regarding Howard Hughes and Kirk Kerkorian.
In December, 1999, did an interview with David Stroh, the business reporter for the Las Vegas Sun, for his story on major events in Nevada and Las Vegas business history in the 20th century.
Helped the Las Vegas Review-Journal compile a list of the 100 most significant Las Vegans of the century. I also submitted a ranked, top twenty list of the most important Las Vegans with rationales for a Joe Hawk story (LVRJ-March 22, 1998).
Delivered a lecture (October 3, 1998) on the history of Las Vegas to a group of 100 Northern Nevadans at a meeting hosted by UNR historian Jim Hulse at The Green Shack Restaurant.
Did a 1-hour interview (July 22, 1998) and then a 2-hour TV taping (Aug 6, 1998) for Martin Pearson of The Learning Channel for a documentary they are doing on Las Vegas.
Taped a film segment (March 3, 1998) for a Las Vegas documentary being produced by film students from Fort Lewis College, Durango CO.
Did a telephone interview (May 21, 1998) with Derek Burnett of Readers Digest for a story they are doing on Las Vegas.
Did a telephone interview (April 27, 1998) and submitted a fact sheet to KLAS TV Channel 3 for the Aladdin Hotel's implosion.
Did a telephone interview with Robert Lusetich, (The Australian's Los Angeles correspondent) for a story they are doing on Frank Sinatra's         significance to Las Vegas.
Did a phone interview (April 28, 1998) with Las Vegas Life reporter Phil Hagen's story on Las Vegas' redevelopment plan.
On June 9, 1999, did a taped interview on the history of Las Vegas for later radio broadcast with Rita Scwartzer and Peter Metro of Swiss Broadcasting Company.
My taped television interview with KNBP-TV (PBS) in Reno on    Governor Grant Sawyer and civil rights appeared in summer 1999. I did the interview in December 1998.
Gave an hour lecture (plus question and answer period) to students of Apple Valley High School for their school presentation on aspects of the history of Las Vegas, October 10, 1997.
Gave a one-hour taped interview to Beatrice Black of USC's "Marketplace Radio" on the development of Las Vegas. It aired on public radio as two shows on November 4 and 6, 1997.
Gave a two-hour interview to BBC reporter Jonathan Rugman for a planned documentary on Las Vegas, July 1997.
Gave an interview to graduate students of U.C.-Berkeley Communications Prof. David Littlejohn for a book they were writing on the rise of Las Vegas, March 25, 1997. The book was subsequently published by a major press.
Appeared on Finnish television during COMDEX with Risto Johnson, their Helsinki-Washington DC. reporter, to discuss the historical development of Las Vegas, November 20, 1996.
Appeared on KRBO radio with Tom Hawley to discuss the history of Las Vegas and answer listeners' calls, October 10, 1996.
Did Interview with Mark Ebara of the New York Times for a story about Las Vegas, October 1996.
Did an interview with Doug Swanson of the Dallas Morning News for an article he was writing on Bugsy Siegel, October 1996.
Wrote a report on the history of Las Vegas parks for Dave Berns of the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a series of stories on them, March 1996.
Attended the State Ethics Commission hearing on January 11, 1996 to testify in behalf of State Senator Bob Coffin's effort to sell his Las Vegas History Manuscript Collection (valued at $750,000) to UNLV.
Chaired a panel on “A Variety of Nevada Experiences,” at Nevada History Conference, Las Vegas, May 1995.
Member, Domed Stadium Committee (appointed by Mayor Jan Laverty Jones), for the City of Las Vegas, 1995-97.
Delivered a lecture, “History of Las Vegas,” to National Student Exchange Annual Meeting, Las
Vegas, March 16, 1995.
Consultant to HBO Sports for a TV documentary on Sonny Liston, Spring 1995.
Evaluated a private (50,000 document) collection on Las Vegas history and wrote a report
recommending acquisition for the UNLV Library, December 1994.
Delivered a lecture on Las Vegas and City Planning to the Nevada Chapter of the American
Planning Association, October 19, 1994.
Delivered a lecture to Clark County Social Studies Teachers on integrating the history of Las
Vegas into the school curriculum at the annual conference of the Southern Nevada Council for the
Social Sciences at Cimarron Memorial High School, February 9, 1994.
Consulting Humanist and referee for “Desert Airways,” a brochure and photo exhibit produced
by the Clark County Department of Parks and Recreation for display at McCarran Airport,
1993. It has been on display for more than a decade.
Consulting Humanist for the Red Road Group of documentary film makers who are making a
documentary about “Entertainment and Las Vegas” in association with the Greenspun School of
Communication, 1993-.
Gave several interviews for a series of KNPR radio shows about Las Vegas issues, May 1993.
Did a two-hour interview with MPI Videos of Chicago for a TV documentary on Bugsy Siegel
and Las Vegas entitled “Don’t Call Me Bugsy,” June 1992.  Segments of the interview appear in
the film.
Delivered a lecture, “Neighborhoods and Las Vegas History,” for a Chamber of Commerce group,
October 16, 1992.
Delivered a speech on “Bugsy Siegel and Las Vegas” for the joint meeting of the Nevada and
California Library Associations in Long Beach, November 6, 1992.
Judge for  the Clark County School District’s “National History Day,” May 3, 1991.
Consulting Humanist for Nevada Humanities Committee-sponsored museum exhibit, “Hispanics
in Southern Nevada,” 1991.
Consulting Humanist for a Nevada Humanities Committee-sponsored public radio documentary,
“Las Vegas:  Mississippi of the West or Promised Land,” 1990-1991.
Delivered the Keynote Address at the dedication ceremony of Red Rock Canyon as a National
Conservation Area with Senators Bryan and Reid, April 21, 1991.
Delivered a lecture on “Recent Trends in Nevada History” to social science faculty at the
Community College of Southern Nevada, April 9, 1991.
Served as moderator and delivered an opening lecture for a panel entitled “Las Vegas: Water,
Urbanization and Growth” for the Nevada Humanities Committee conference: “A River Too Far:
The Past and Future of Civilization in the Desert,” November 8, 1990.
Delivered a lecture on “Leadership in Las Vegas History” for the Leadership Seminar of the Las
Vegas Chamber of Commerce, October 26, 1990.
Delivered a lecture on the history of urban public health for the Seminar at the University
Medical Center, October 10, 1990.
Delivered a 45-minute lecture entitled “City Sanitary Engineering and the Germ Theory of
Disease, 1870-1930” at the State Environmental Health Association’s Education Conference,
Laughlin, April 26, 1990.
Delivered a history presentation and served as a panelist at a session for a class of the Leadership
Council of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Mirage Hotel, March 16, 1990.
Delivered a lecture on early Las Vegas to the Las Vegas Junior League, February 24, 1990.
Spoke for two hours with Washington, D.C. reporter Tom Dunkel to provide him with
background for his major article on Las Vegas which appeared in Insight Magazine’s March 5,
1990 issue.
Delivered a public lecture on Las Vegas history, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society,
Lorenzi Park, January 21, 1990.
Spoke on the topic, “Space, Business and the Urbanization of Las Vegas,” to the Leadership
Council of the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce, October 20, 1989.
Delivered a Las Vegas history lecture to the Lions Club, October 17, 1989.
Helped prepare the proposal for a Nevada Humanities Committee-funded Exhibit Grant for the
Clark County Heritage Museum entitled “Clark County:  Desert and Frontier,” 1989.  I will also
helped prepare the history section of the Exhibit Text.
Appeared on KLAS-TV Channel 8 with George Knapp to discuss the role of prostitution in Las
Vegas’ history, November 14, 1988.
Delivered a 45-minute lecture entitled “Las Vegas and Its Southwestern Rivals” at the
National Collegiate Honors Convention in Las Vegas, October 29, 1988.
Participated in a day-long planning session at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in
Las Vegas to provide new goals and direction for that agency, May 16, 1988.
Delivered a five-minute introduction of former President Jimmy Carter for a news conference and
faculty-student discussions at UNLV, April 14, 1988.
Organized a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored program featuring a discussion of Strategic Defense by
faculty from the U.S. Army War College, February 29, 1988.
Gave a 30-minute presentation entitled “The Development of Las Vegas and Federal
Intervention” for a lecture series called “Pivotal Years:  Las Vegas’ Development in a Postwar
Age” at UNLV, February 23, 1988.
Ad Hoc Committee to Plan the Governor’s Institute Program (UNLV Honors Program), 1988.
Congressional District Advisory Committee on the National Bicentennial Competition on the
Constitution and Bill of Rights, 1987-89.
Appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” to discuss the 75th Anniversary of Las Vegas, November
29, 1987.
Delivered a lecture for the Governor’s Institute for Gifted and Talented Students at UNLV,
August 6, 1987.
Delivered a University Forum lecture, “Las Vegas and the Struggle for Industry in the Urban
Southwest, 1935-85,” at UNLV, May 13, 1987.
Helped write the text for a Nevada Humanities Committee-funded history exhibit for Discovery:
The Children’s Museum, 1986.
Wrote a column for “The Nevadan” on “Home Front:  The Battle of Las Vegas in World War II,”
Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 1, 1985.
Delivered a lecture on “The Impact of Hoover Dam on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area” at
Boulder City High School, September 19, 1985.
Fiscal Agent and Organizer of Nevada Humanities Committee-funded project, “Harnessing the
Colorado:  The Building and Significance of Hoover Dam,” September 12-19, 1985. This was a two-week program with evening sessions for the public held in Boulder City, Henderson, and Las Vegas to commemorate Hoover Dam’s 50th anniversary.
Wrote a column for “The Nevadan” on “Hoover Dam Workers also Built a New West,” Las
Vegas Review-Journal, September 8, 1985.
Project Director and an organizer of Nevada Humanities Committee-funded visit of noted social
historian Gary Nash to UNLV, April 22, 1985.
Delivered a 90-minute lecture, “The City and the Sword:  Las Vegas and World War II,” at the
Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, April 29, 1984.
Project Director for Nevada Humanities Committee program “Women in Mormon History
featuring noted Mormon historian Leonard Arrington at UNLV, February 27-29, 1984.
Served as the Nevada Humanities Committee evaluator for the lecture by noted black poet Nikki
Giovanni who spoke on the subject of “Martin Luther King: Brotherhood and the Humanities,”
February 25, 1984.
Wrote and delivered a 30-minute paper on “Using Local Resources to Teach State and Local
History” for the Nevada Humanities Committee-sponsored “Western Community Studies
Project” for Clark County social studies teachers, May 1982.
Reviewed a Nevada Humanities Committee program, “Economic Perspectives of the Decade:  A
Comparison with the Past,” including a speech by black civil rights activist Lerone Bennett at Las
Vegas High School, March 6, 1982.
Reviewed a Nevada Humanities Committee project, “Working America” held in Henderson,
December 1981.
Wrote a short urban history paper for a Nevada Humanities Committee planning grant for a
program entitled “Alternatives to Economic Development During the Next Two Decades in the
Las Vegas Special Impact Area (The Westside),” July 1980.
Reviewed a Nevada Humanities Committee program, “Solar Energy Alternatives,” held in
Pahrump in June 1980.
Moderated and lectured at all three programs on “Technology and History” at county libraries,
Fall 1979.
Lectured at two programs on “The Effects of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity on the Humanities”
at county libraries (Nevada Humanities Committee), Fall 1979.
Appeared on KORK-TV’s “Vegascope” and spoke on the topic of “American History and the
Automobile,” June 28, 1979.
Lectured on the subject of “The History of Tenants’ Rights in America” for the symposium
sponsored by Poor People Pulling Together at the Westside Center (Nevada Humanities
Committee), May 1979.
Project Director and Chief Researcher for slide show and panel program, “Historic Preservation
and the Quality of Life,” which dealt with the preservation of Las Vegas’ historic buildings.
Project Director and Moderator for a two-day conference entitled “The Urban Fiscal Crisis:  A
Threat to Inner-City Services” held at UNLV, January 16-17, 1979. I went on television and invited Las Vegas Mayor Bill Briare, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and, President Jimmy Carter’s Director of Community Services.
Spoke on KLAS-TV’s “Midday Live” on the subject of “America’s Urban Crisis,” January 10, 1979.
Wrote a short article, “A Brief History of Orphans and Adoption in America” for the Nevada
Humanities Committee, January 1978.
Member, The Greater Las Vegas Urban League, 1977-79.
Member, Preservation Association of Clark County, 1977-Present (Vice President, 1977-79).