Inductees to Nevada Business Hall of Fame announced for 2005

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004 | 11:12 a.m.

Late Las Vegas Sun Publisher Hank Greenspun and gaming leaders Glenn Schaeffer and William S. Boyd have been announced as the 2005 inductees into the Nevada Business Hall of Fame.

A Feb. 17 induction ceremony is being presented by the UNLV College of Business and auditing firm Deloitte.

The awards are presented to business leaders in Nevada who have contributed significantly to the state's economic prosperity.

Greenspun will be honored for his legacy at the Sun as well as his real estate development success. The Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies bears his name, and the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at UNLV and Greenspun Junior High School in Henderson are both named after his family.

Schaeffer is president and chief financial officer of Mandalay Resort Group. The Nevada Business Hall of Fame will honor Schaeffer for his role in helping to reshape Las Vegas' gaming industry over the last decade. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Center for Responsible Gaming and he founded the International Institute of Modern Letters based at UNLV.

Boyd co-founded Boyd Gaming Corp. and is now chairman and chief executive officer of Boyd Gaming. He founded BankWest of Nevada 10 years ago, which has now been expanded into Western Alliance Bancorporation. Boyd, Boyd Gaming and the Boyd Foundation have been major donors to various local charities and the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV is named after him.