Guinn，67，spent his boyhood（少年时代）in the small，Central Valley town of Exeter，California where he met Dema，his wife of 48years．He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physical Education from Fresno State University and later obtained a doctorate（博士头衔）in Education from Utah State University in Logan．The Guinns and their oldest son，Jeff，moved to Las Vegas in 1964where Guinn went to work for the Clark County School District as a planning specialist．Within five short years，he was named Superintendent of Schools（地方教育官员）in Clark County and served with distinction in that position until 1978．During Guinn’s tenure with the school district，his second son，Steve was born．
In his work for the Clark County School District，Guinn was recognized as an effective administrator committed to educational excellence at a time when the county was experiencing exponential（指数的，幂数的）student growth．His service to Clark County students was honored when Kenny C．Guinn Junior High School was named for him．
In 1978，Guinn began applying his management skills in business as Administrative Vice President for Nevada Savings and Loan in Las Vegas，which later became PriMerit Bank．At PriMerit，he quickly advanced through management ranks and，in 1987，was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Las Vegas－based bank．Soon thereafter，Guinn was recruited to the energy business as the President of Southwest Gas Corporation and eventually became Chairman of the Board of Directors of that utility（效用，有用）in 1993．
In 1994，Guinn was recruited by the University of Nevada Board of Regents to serve as interim（中间的，临时的）president of the University of Nevada－Las Vegas．During that challenging year，he restored credibility（可信性）to the university’s prestigious（享有声望的，声望很高的）basketball program as well as instituting administrative and policy initiatives to enable the school to continue its growing success as an ever－expanding urban university．His compensation was1．00and he donated the remainder of his salary to UNLV’s student scholarship fund and other student activities．
In addition to his one－year term at UNLV，Guinn served the state in leadership roles on a variety of committees and commissions，including the Clark County Community College Advisory Committee，the UNLV Foundation Board of Trustees（托管人，保管人，理事），the White House Conference on Children and Youth，the Las Vegas Citizens Advisory Committee on Downtown Development，the Governor’s Commission on Government Reorganization，the Metropolitan Police Fiscal Affairs Committee，the Nevada Educational Development Council and the Advisory Group for Civil Justice Reform．
Guinn has also worked in his community in a variety of volunteer roles，ranging from involvement in the Boy Scouts and Pop Warner Football to the United Way of Southern Nevada and the Southern Nevada Independent Youth Athletic Association．
In addition to their two sons，the Guinns have six grandchildren．
State Bird州鸟
知更鸟生活在内华达州高处乡村，它能消灭许多害虫。它是画眉科的一种，它的歌声清脆婉转。雄性知更鸟呈天蓝色，胸部呈白色。而雌性则呈褐色，尾部和翅膀呈蓝色。此种鸟能长到6英寸。
During the 1967session（April 12th）of the legislature，Clark County Assemblyman Stan Irwin introduced a bill to designate the Mountain Bluebird（Sialia currucoides）as the Nevada state bird．The bill passed both houses and was signed by the governor on April 4th．
The Mountain Bluebird（Sialia currucoides）lives in the Nevada high country and destroys many harmful insects．It is a member of the thrush family and its song is a clear，short warble（鸟啭，颤声）like the caroling（欢唱）of a robin．The male is azure blue with a white belly，while the female is brown with a bluish rump（臀部），tail，and wings．
Identification
1．6inches length
2．Thin bill
3．Most often seen in open habitats
Adult male
1．Bright blue plumage；brightest on upperparts
2．Lacks any brown coloration
Female
1．Blue wings and tail－duller than male
2．Remainder of plumage gray
3．Eye ring
Juvenile
1．Blue wings and tail－duller than male
2．White eye ring
3．Spotted underparts
State Flower州花
内华达州花是山艾树，它有黄白色小花。春天，它们广泛生长在美国西部沙漠中。作为艾蒿科的一种，山艾树是发枝的矮树丛，它们生长在其他植被不能生长的地方。它素有令人享受的香味，有灰绿色小枝丫浅黄色小花。山艾树是羊和牛的重要冬食。当地美国人用它的叶子做药，用树皮做席子。在1917年3月20日山艾树成为州花。
Nevada’s state flower is sagebrush（Artemisia tridentata）．It has small yellow and white flowers in the spring grows abundantly in the deserts of the Western United States．A member of the wormwood family，sagebrush is a branching bush（1to 12feet high）and grows in regions where other kinds of vegetation（［植］植被）cannot subsist（生存，供养）．Known for its pleasant aroma（芳香，香气，香味），its gray－green twigs，and pale yellow flowers，sagebrush is an important winter food for sheep and cattle．Native Americans used sagebrush leaves as medicine and sagebrush bark for weaving mats．Adopted March 20，1917．
Sagebrush（Artemisia tridentata）grows abundantly in the deserts of the Western United States．A member of the wormwood family，sagebrush is a branching bush（1to 12feet high）and grows in regions where other kinds of vegetation cannot subsist．Known for its pleasant aroma（芳香，香气，香味），its gray－green twigs，and pale yellow flowers，sagebrush is an important winter food for sheep and cattle．
Leaf：Simple，alternate（but typically clustered at each node），persistent（but some leaves are drought deciduous）．Small（1／2to 2inches long）and narrowly wedge－shaped with a 3－lobed apex（顶点）；silvery－green and pubescent（有软毛的）on both surfaces；strong scented；sessile（［植］（花，叶等）无柄的）．
Flower：Monoecious．Very small，yellowish，and tubular（管状的）；borne in small heads on long，upright spikes；some flowers perfect and some imperfect．
Fruit：Very small achenes（［植］瘦果）；4or 5－sided or ribbed．
Twig：Young twigs are slender，silvery－gray，and pubescent，becoming grayish－brown as they age．
Bark：Grayish－brown，shreddy，and splitting（爆裂似的）lengthwise．
Form：An upright，evergreen shrub commonly growing from several to 15feet tall．Silvery－green and strongly scented with gray shreddy bark．
State Flag州旗
在内华达州历史上，不像州徽和箴言很早就被设计出来，州旗在上世纪才被提出来的。而且不像州徽的设计保持不变，州旗却更换了3次。现在使用的州旗是：在深蓝色的背景上，左上角1／4处有一银白色的五角星，在它的上面是一个半圈，半圈的顶端是金黄色的卷形物，写着黑色的“Battle Born”。州名“Nevada”在五角星下方用金字标出。