Jerry Mack
Banking, land and community
Jerome D. “Jerry” Mack connects the Bank of Las Vegas, Parry Thomas, UNLV and the institutions of Southern Nevada’s Jewish community.
A family rooted in the valley
Mack’s family came to Las Vegas in 1929. After wartime Army Air Corps service, he joined his father Nate in founding the Bank of Las Vegas in 1954. His story connects an early local family to the city’s later financial expansion. [1]
More than the name on the arena
His partnership with Parry Thomas helped finance the acquisition of university land. UNLV’s 2016 remembrance follows that support through the Thomas & Mack Center and later legal education gifts. The familiar arena name is a starting point for a much larger campus story. [2]
Business and Jewish civic life
Mack held leadership roles at the Riviera and other casinos. He also served as president of Temple Beth Sholom and B’nai B’rith and led an Israel Bonds campaign. Finance, religious institutions and philanthropy were distinct but intersecting parts of his public life. [1]
A route through the sources
Begin with UNLV’s Jewish Heritage biography for the family and community context. Then compare its account with the university remembrance of Thomas. Together they show how the same partnership operated in commercial finance and higher education; neither should be read as a complete bank archive. [1] [2]
Key dates
People in the same story
E. Parry Thomas
His banking and university-development partner. [2]
Read the profileIrwin Molasky
A separate UNLV benefactor whose land gift offers another campus-development story. A thematic connection. [3]
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Irwin Molasky
An older biography, written before his death in 2020; present-tense titles on that page are historical.