Dr. Karen Gedney, born in New York to immigrant parents, attended Clark University on scholarships and a National Health Service Corps award that required four years of service in an underserved area. After completing her internal medicine residency at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, she became the first woman physician at the predominantly […]
Gold in the Silver State
Klos, Patricia Ferraro – Washoe County, Nevada
Pat Reynolds Ferraro Klos, a third‑generation Nevadan with family roots spanning seven northern counties, is a respected Reno‑based historian, writer, educator, and preservation advocate. A former teacher and librarian in several communities, she founded the Historic Reno Preservation Society after developing walking tours for her high school students highlighting structures important in Reno’s history, and […]
Mannix, Francine, M.D. – Carson City, Nevada
Dr. Francine Mannix was a pioneering physician who transformed Reno’s medical community as the city’s first woman pediatrician and only its second woman doctor. After moving to Reno in 1953, she earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada and her medical degree from UCLA in 1962, followed by a two‑year pediatric internship at […]
Strickland, Rose – Carson City, Nevada
Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Rose never imagined the impact she would have on her adopted home of Nevada. After earning a master’s in social work, she moved to the state in the early 1970s and met husband Gary, a kindred spirit who shared her love of the outdoors. Through the Sierra Club membership, she was […]
Weinberg, Barbara – Washoe County, Nevada
Barbara Boyarski Weinberg, a longtime Reno resident and self-described optimist, has spent decades enriching Jewish and civic life in Nevada. Since settling in Reno in 1974, she and her late husband Harry have been pillars of Temple Sinai, where she has held numerous leadership roles. Her impact reaches far beyond the synagogue: she has served […]