William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration S. Marriott Foundation, and the Engelstad Family Foundation. Founders’ gifts, along with additional industry partner donations, have helped the Harrah College of Hospitality move closer to its private funding goal. Matching funds by the State of Nevada also helped construction move forward. The building opened in January 2018. William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality (formerly known as the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration) offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in hospitality management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Named after William F. Harrah, the founder of Harrah's Entertainment, the
William F. Harrah Gentry in 1969. With ex-wife Scherry (whom he married twice), he adopted two boys named John and Tony. His widow, Verna, worked as a film producer on such features as "Anaconda". The highest Total Rewards Card Tier, "Seven Stars", was named after his seven wives. Harrah died in Rochester, Minnesota, at the age of 66, during a cardiac surgery operation to repair an aortic aneurysm. William F. Harrah William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Harrah was born in