The UNLV Lee Business School hosted a Celebration of Life for its benefactor and namesake, Theodore “Ted” Lee on Friday, Sept. 10. Lee passed away on Aug. 17 at age 88.

Lee founded the Eureka Casinos in both Las Vegas and Mesquite along with the Urban Land Companies, a family business that developed a number of industrial, retail and multi-family projects in Clark County and the San Francisco Bay area.

Speaking were Sandra Lee, Ted’s sister; Brent Hathaway, former dean of the UNLV Lee Business School; and Greg Lee, Ted’s son. The UNLV marching band was also present.

Sandra Lee talked fondly of her brother’s love of college sports at one of his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley.