Bill Text: TX HR1787 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Martha Pattillo Siv.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1787 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1787-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1787 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Martha Pattillo Siv on December 14, | ||
| 2016, at the age of 71, concluded a remarkable life of service and | ||
| entrepreneurship; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Ellice and Jean Pattillo, the former | ||
| Martha Pattillo was born in Pampa on December 1, 1945; she completed | ||
| both a bachelor's degree in French and a master's degree in library | ||
| and information science at The University of Texas at Austin; after | ||
| working in Bangkok, Thailand, for the United Nations Educational, | ||
| Scientific and Cultural Organization, she transferred to the | ||
| U.N. headquarters in New York City; she visited more than 40 | ||
| countries while helping to develop library and information science | ||
| operations for various U.N. agencies; along the way, she founded | ||
| South China Seas, a handicraft import business that helped women in | ||
| developing countries achieve economic independence; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She met her future husband, Sichan Siv, in New York | ||
| in 1977, and they married at the First Presbyterian Church in Pampa | ||
| on Christmas Eve 1983; his appointment as deputy assistant to | ||
| President George H. W. Bush took them to Washington, D.C., where | ||
| Mrs. Siv was employed as a senior information manager for the World | ||
| Bank; when Mr. Siv became a U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 2001, | ||
| Mrs. Siv's knowledge of international cultures and fluency in six | ||
| languages proved invaluable in supporting his endeavors, and she | ||
| used the opportunity to champion American freedom and opportunity; | ||
| the couple retired to San Antonio in 2006, and Mrs. Siv gave | ||
| generously of her time and talents as a member of the First | ||
| Presbyterian Church, Teachers Across Borders, Friends of Khmer | ||
| Culture, Caring for Cambodia, the 100 Club of San Antonio, and other | ||
| organizations; in addition, she was a member of the advisory | ||
| council to the UT School of Information, which named its Martha Lee | ||
| Pattillo Siv Doctoral Student Lounge in her honor; the Pampa City | ||
| Commission recognized her contributions by dubbing a section of the | ||
| public library the Martha Pattillo Siv Children's Library; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Martha Pattillo Siv set an inspiring example through | ||
| her dedication to her family, her faith, her community, and her | ||
| country, and she is remembered with admiration and affection by all | ||
| who were privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Martha Pattillo Siv | ||
| and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her passing; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Martha | ||
| Pattillo Siv. | ||
| Price | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1787 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 24, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
