Jerome D. Mack

Jerry Mack) (November 6, 1920 – September 26, 1998) was an American banker, real estate investor, political fundraiser and philanthropist in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He was a major fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party and active in Jewish philanthropy both in Las Vegas and Israel.

[2] He then graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.

[1] Mack started his career at the Bank of Las Vegas in 1954, working alongside his father.

[1][2] Located South of the McCarran International Airport and spanning 100 acres (40 ha) of land, it includes offices, a hotel and several restaurants.

[1] With E. Parry Thomas, Mack lobbied state legislator Bill Harrah as well as former governors Grant Sawyer and Paul Laxalt to pass a law legalizing the corporate ownership of casinos.

[7] According to Mack's daughter Karen, this put an end to corruption in Las Vegas, as it enforced more regulations and disclosures for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

[7] In the 1950s, Mack co-founded the Nevada Southern College with Maude Frazier and Archie Grant.

[2] In 1967, with his business partner, E. Parry Thomas, he donated 400 additional acres of land to expand the campus.

[2] The two men also funded the construction of the basketball stadium at UNLV, which was named the Thomas & Mack Center in their honor.

[8] Mack chaired a fundraising effort for the construction of the Artemus Ham Hall on the UNLV campus.

Additionally, he was the founder and director of the Boys Club of Nevada and served as chairman for advance gifts of the United Way.

[1] Mack served as president of Temple Beth Sholom, a synagogue in Las Vegas.