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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 06

Description

Board of Directors meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, November 5, 1986.

Photographs of Jewish Leaders, item 06

Description

Handwritten description provided with image: "woman, middle - Melanie Greenberg; 2nd right ?; 3rd right - Hal Ober."

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 04

Description

Board Meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2, 1986.

David Ober interview, October 11, 2017: transcript

Date

2017-10-11

Archival Collection

Description

Tucson, Arizona, native David Ober moved to Las Vegas twice. He arrived reluctantly the first time in 1978 with his parents as a high-school student, when his father, Hal Ober, came to Las Vegas to begin building and marketing the U.S. Home (now Lennar) brand. While the elder Ober soon left U.S. Home to open his own home-building business, R.A. Homes, his youngest child left Las Vegas shortly after his high school graduation to return to his native Tucson, follow in the footsteps of his siblings, and attend the University of Arizona. After graduating from the University of Arizona David Ober opened his own mortgage company and began building a life in Phoenix. In the late 1980s he agreed to take a large pay cut, return to Las Vegas, and learn his father's business from the ground up. At the time, Hal Ober was developing his award-winning, master-planned community, Desert Shores. David Ober, the youngest of the five children of Hal and D'Vorre (Dee) Ober, agreed to participate in the

Text

Scott Ober oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01405

Abstract

Oral history interview with Scott Ober conducted by Bettye Cobb on November 11, 2009 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Ober reflects upon his experience as an elementary school principal in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD). He discusses the impact that his family had on his administrative career, particularly as he was principal of D’Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School, named after his parents. He also describes his typical job responsibilities, challenges, and working relationships with teachers and parents.

Archival Collection

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 14

Description

Community Relations Committee meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, March 9, 1988.

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 10

Description

Community Relations Committee meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, January 19, 1988.

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 25

Description

Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board of Directors meeting minutes, November 9, 1988.