THE SUMMIT: THE MOB IN LAS VEGAS
Date: September 21, 2019
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Oscar B. Goodman Room
Cost: Regular price $225. Member price $180 (20% off).
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Join us for a one-day conference that centers on the Mob’s four-decade-long reign in Las Vegas. Engage in conversations with historians, journalists, agents, regulators and others on the Mob’s arrival in Las Vegas, its control of the Strip and its eventual dislodging from the casino industry. Dig deep into subject matter involving mobsters such as Meyer Lansky, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal and Tony Spilotro.
Breakfast, lunch, a tour of The Mob Museum’s distillery, and a gift bag are all included.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Oscar Goodman, author of Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas, keynote speaker
Known for his trademark
George Knapp, journalist
George Knapp moved to Las Vegas in 1979. He has progressed from part-time studio cameraman to investigative reporter and is currently chief reporter for Channel 8’s I-Team investigative unit. During his career, Knapp has been the recipient of countless journalism awards—including the DuPont Award from Columbia University and the Peabody Award.
John L. Smith, journalist and Mob historian
John L. Smith is a longtime Las Vegas journalist and author of more than a dozen books on Nevada subjects, including:
- Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn,
- Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman's Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas,
- Sharks in the Desert,
- No Limit: The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower,
The Nevada Press Association inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2016. That same year, Northwestern University awarded him the James Foley-Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism and he also received the National Society of Professional Journalists Ethics in Journalism Award and the Ancil Payne Award for Ethics from the University of Oregon. Smith’s biography of Las Vegas civil rights activist and politician Joe Neal is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2019. As a freelance writer, his work regularly appears in the Nevada Independent and CDC Gaming Reports, and he contributes commentary for Nevada Public Radio.
Herm Groman, retired FBI agent
Herman Groman
Larry Gragg, historian
Larry Gragg is curators’ teaching professor of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri. He has made more than 40 research trips to Las Vegas. Among his eight books is Bright Light City: Las Vegas in Popular Culture (2013) and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and The Making of Modern Las Vegas (2015).
Michael Green, historian
Michael Green, Ph.D., is a noted historian and associate professor in UNLV’s Department of History. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNLV and obtained his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. Green is the author of nine books about the history of Las Vegas and Nevada as well as broader topics in American history.
His books on the Civil War era include:
- Freedom, Union, and Power: Lincoln and His Party in the Civil War (The North's Civil War),
- Lincoln and the Election of 1860 (Concise Lincoln Library).
His works on Nevada include:
His college-level textbook, Nevada: A History of the Silver State, is near publication and he is writing a history of the Great Basin in the twentieth century. Green is also active in writing and speaking in the community. He writes the Politics column and blog for Vegas Seven, Nevada Yesterdays for Nevada Humanities and KNPR, and Inside the Beltway and Books for a newsletter, Nevada’s Washington Watch.
Geoff Schumacher, Senior director of content, The Mob Museum
As the senior director of content
Schumacher is the author of two books:
- Sun, Sin & Suburbia: The History of Modern Las Vegas, Revised and Expanded,
- Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue.
He served as editor of Nevada: 150 Years in the Silver State, the official book commemorating the state’s sesquicentennial.
Jeff Burbank, Content development specialist, The Mob Museum
Jeff Burbank is content development specialist for The Mob Museum
- Las Vegas Babylon: True Tales of Glitter, Glamour, and Greed,
- License To Steal: Nevada'S Gaming Control System In The Megaresort Age (Gambling Studies Series),
- Lost Las Vegas.
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