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The close of a wonderful First Friday booksigning with the founders of Fonda San Miguel restaurant Tom Gilliland and Chef Miguel Ravago. Music provided by Kitty Sawtelle Scott.
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Sichan Siv (www.sichansiv.com) is the international bestselling author of Golden Bones, an American dream story, published by HarperCollins. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2001 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as a United States Ambassador to the United Nations, serving until 2006. In June 2005, Ambassador Siv addressed the 60th anniversary of the U.N. in San Francisco, in the footsteps of Presidents Truman in 1945, Eisenhower 1955, Johnson 1965, and Clinton 1995.
From 1989 to 1993, Ambassador Siv served at The White House as Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and at the State Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. He is currently a Texas State Commissioner on holocaust and genocide. In the private sector, he has held positions in social services, educational exchange, financial management, and investment banking. He provides global strategic advice and gives motivational speeches around the United States and the world.
Ambassador Siv holds a master of international affairs from Columbia University. He escaped Cambodia’s killing fields in 1976 and was resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, Connecticut. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the “George H.W. Bush Award for Outstanding Public Service” and from the Brazilian Academy of Art, Culture, and History. He is a volunteer in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, the San Antonio Aviation Police among others, and an Honorary Commander of the U.S. Air Force 433rd Airlift Wing. He and his wife, the former Martha Pattillo of Pampa, Texas, spend their time in San Antonio, New York, and beyond.
First Friday Book Signing
March 2, 2012 7:00 p.m.
Former US Ambassador
Sichan Siv
