Viva
Lake Las Vegas:
Celebrating Nevada's Diversity
NEVADA
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Annual
Conference
August 11-14, 2004
Henderson, NV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2004
Contact: Joan Vaughan
Phone: 702-492-6589
Dr. Michael Green to Keynote Nevada Library Conference
Henderson, NV—Dr. Michael Green, historian, author,
editor, and columnist, will give the keynote address during the 2004
Nevada Library Association (NLA) Conference on Friday, August 13, 2004,
at the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas.
The address, “What Makes Nevada Different – Or is it Different?” will
look at the history of Nevada and its largest city, Las Vegas. Politics, the
economy, and Nevada’s image will be covered.
According to Kristy Price, Community Relations Administrator of the
Henderson District Public Library, “Michael Green is an incredible spokesman-educator.
He truly makes history come alive through his stories and tales.”
Green earned his Ph. D. from Columbia University and works as a professor of
history for the Community College of Southern Nevada. A prolific writer, Green
is author of Freedom, Union, and Power: Lincoln and His Party in the Civil
War (Fordham University Press), and The Nevada Journey. He also co-authored
A Centennial
History of Las Vegas and the History of Lionel Sawyer & Collins. Green is
incoming editor for the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, and writes columns
for the Las Vegas Mercury, Las Vegas Senior Life, and Nevada’s Washington
Watch.
In his free time, Green chairs the UNLV College of Liberal Arts’ Alumni
Board, and enjoys relaxing with wife Deborah Young, Development Director for
UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration.
For more information about the 2004 NLA Conference, which
runs August 11 – 14, 2004, please visit www.nevadalibraries.org.
