Barbara Greenspun remembers 1964: Hank’s vision realized with university
Friday, Oct. 13, 2000 | 9:41 a.m.
From the time of our arrival in Las Vegas, my husband, Hank Greenspun, preached the doctrine that the city lacked one thing -- an institution of higher education. Ray Germain, a Sun editor, was actively engaged with a local group that dreamed of a university in Southern Nevada.
Hank assisted it in every way he could and he even was willing to donate land on which to build the university. He was as proud as the founders when Nevada Southern graduated its first 28 students. As I recall, Nevada Southern students were required to attend the University of Nevada, Reno for a couple of semesters before they could qualify for degrees.
Nevada Southern went on to become UNLV. The Sun has never wavered in its support of the university. Today Hank would be proud of the accomplishments made in the field of higher education in Las Vegas.
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