Paul Manske:
CLASS OF 1958
Dupont High SchoolClass of 1958
Jacksonville, FL
Paul's Story
Life
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Career/Education Summary
* Graduated from DuPont high school in 1958Â
* Met my wife Neta (Katie) in JacksonvilleÂ
married in 1962. Still happily married to the same wonderful person for almost 46 years
* Graduated from Jacksonville University in 1964 (BSBA)Â
* Began work with Ford Motor Company, in Jacksonville, in 1965Â
* Transferred by Ford to Detroit in 1967Â
* Attended graduate school (evenings) at University of Detroit (1968-1970)Â
* Held several positions at Ford North America, Dearborn. Mich. including: Mustang Marketing Manager, Powertrain and Emissions Planning Manager, Light Truck Market Planning Manager, Heavy Truck Product and Engineering ManagerÂ
plus various other assignmentsÂ
* Two daughters, Jennifer and Gretchen were born in DetroitÂ
* Recruited by William F. Harrah, in 1978, to assist him in managing his private (Non-gaming) businesses...
* We moved to Reno, Nevada in 1978, to join Mr. HarrahÂ
* Mr. Harrah unexpectedly died in 1979. Continued to manage his non-gaming businesses in 1978-1979, as his estate issues were resolvedÂ
* Went to work for the Summa Corporation (Howard Hughes gaming/real estate Company) in late 1979Â
* Worked as Vice President of Marketing for Harolds Club in Reno and the Sands Casino in Las Vegas. Lived full-time at the Sands Casino 1981-1984Â
* The Hughes Corporation began selling the casino properties in 1983 to concentrate on development of their diverse real estate assetsÂ
* Three other Summa executives and I decided, in 1984, to purchase our own casino(s)Â
* We purchased Fitzgeralds Casino in Reno, Nevada in 1984Â
* During the next 10 years, we purchased five additional casinos (Mississippi, Colorado, Las Vegas and Reno)Â
and managed two separate Indian casino operations (Sedona, AZ and New York). We also started several non-gaming insurance and real estate entitiesÂ
* I lived virtually full-time in casinos from 1988 to 20...Expand for more
04. My family joined me periodically when school schedules allowed. My family preferred, however, to maintain their home-base in Reno. I joined them there when I could. I spent over 200 days a year traveling and living in our casinosÂ
* The increased competition from Indian casinos (who do not pay any taxes to their statesÂ
versus the major tax burdens that we non-Indian operations faced) finally became excessive. So my partners and I decided to sell our business and go our separate waysÂ
* We completed the sale of our gaming and non-gaming business operations in 2005.
* I retired in 2005 to spend time with my family and to rebuild a personal lifeÂ
Additional Personal Information
* Katie and I live in the hills overlooking Reno, NevadaÂ
* My daughters reside in Las Vegas. Jennifer is married to a wonderful young man. Gretchen continues to enjoy the single life. Neither has childrenÂ
* We seldom travel these daysÂ
primarily due to the fact that we went darn near everywhere in this world during my working yearsÂ
and we are tired of airports, airplanes and hotel rooms (hmmm! Wonder why ??)Â
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* We enjoy spending time with our old and new friends, dining out (often) and hanging out in our peaceful home with our cat and two little YorkiesÂ
* Katie played French horn in several orchestras here in the northern Nevada area. She reduced her active participation, however, after she experienced a heart-attack and open heart surgery in 2002. She continues to play old hymns (my favorites) and classical music on her Yamaha grand pianoÂ
* Katie remains very active in her music world though. She is involved in The SAI music sorority here at the University of Nevada, as well as in other musical organizationsÂ
* I am a full-time stock market speculator these daysÂ
.and enjoy fishing, photography and exploring the west on my motorcycleÂ
* We love Reno, our mountains and the westÂ
* Life has been exciting and good to us.
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