Nate Mack

Nathan Mack was born to a Jewish family on January 27, 1891, in Mielec, Poland. He had two brothers, Harry and Louis. Mack was the first member of his family to emigrate to the United States, and he was subsequently reunited with his brothers, who invested in real estate. ==Career==

Mack was the owner of a supermarket in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. Mack was responsible for the establishment of the Las Vegas Sun, the main newspaper in Las Vegas, when he loaned US$1,000 to its founder Hank Greenspun in 1950. Mack co-founded the Bank of Las Vegas with his son and other investors in 1954. Mack served as its chairman while Walter E. Cosgriff was its president until he was succeeded by E. Parry Thomas in 1961. The bank focused on loaning money to casinos in Las Vegas. Mack became "one of the most influential citizens of Las Vegas". ==Judaism==

With his wife, Mack co-founded "Sons and Daughters of Israel" in Las Vegas, which is the oldest Jewish congregation in Nevada. Mack served as the president of the Jewish Community Center of Las Vegas. He was also the Nevada chairman of the United Jewish Appeal. ==Personal life==

Mack married Jenny Solomon. They had a son, Jerome D. Mack. An elementary school in Henderson, Nevada opened in 1983 bearing Mack's name. His son would later get a middle school named after him in 2006. ==Death==

Mack died in 1965. ==References==