LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Selma Bartlett, a pioneering businesswoman, philanthropist, and influential determine in Henderson’s development, handed away earlier this week.
Bartlett handed away on Tuesday, Sept. 16, simply days earlier than her 98th birthday. She is remembered as certainly one of Nevada’s first feminine financial institution officers and is broadly credited with serving to remodel Henderson from a small manufacturing unit city right into a thriving metropolis by means of a long time of labor in banking and group improvement, in accordance with the College of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Over the a long time, Bartlett facilitated tens of millions of {dollars} in loans for actual property initiatives, medical practices, and small enterprise start-ups, fueling the town’s speedy development by means of the Nineteen Fifties and Sixties, UNLV mentioned.
She continued working as a non-public banker at Meadows Financial institution till her retirement in 2021 on the age of 93.
Past banking, Bartlett left an enduring legacy at UNLV, serving as a tireless advocate for the Howard R. Hughes Faculty of Engineering. She helped set up scholarships, together with the Gilman and Bartlett Engineering Scholarship and the Selma and Troy Bartlett Electrical and Laptop Engineering Scholarship, that supported college students.
“Selma was unparalleled in her support of scholarship, helping many of our students and changing their lives for the better,” Rama Venkat, dean of the Howard R. Hughes Faculty of Engineering, mentioned in a press release. “UNLV Engineering will miss Selma — our very own ‘Queen of Scholarship’ — immensely.”
A memorial service for Bartlett shall be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Freeway in Henderson. As a substitute of flowers, Bartlett requested that donations be made to her engineering scholarship fund at UNLV.
