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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of Martha Pattillo Siv on December 14, |
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2016, at the age of 71, concluded a remarkable life of service and |
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entrepreneurship; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Ellice and Jean Pattillo, the former |
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Martha Pattillo was born in Pampa on December 1, 1945; she completed |
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both a bachelor's degree in French and a master's degree in library |
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and information science at The University of Texas at Austin; after |
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working in Bangkok, Thailand, for the United Nations Educational, |
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Scientific and Cultural Organization, she transferred to the |
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U.N. headquarters in New York City; she visited more than 40 |
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countries while helping to develop library and information science |
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operations for various U.N. agencies; along the way, she founded |
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South China Seas, a handicraft import business that helped women in |
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developing countries achieve economic independence; and |
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WHEREAS, She met her future husband, Sichan Siv, in New York |
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in 1977, and they married at the First Presbyterian Church in Pampa |
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on Christmas Eve 1983; his appointment as deputy assistant to |
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President George H. W. Bush took them to Washington, D.C., where |
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Mrs. Siv was employed as a senior information manager for the World |
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Bank; when Mr. Siv became a U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 2001, |
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Mrs. Siv's knowledge of international cultures and fluency in six |
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languages proved invaluable in supporting his endeavors, and she |
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used the opportunity to champion American freedom and opportunity; |
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the couple retired to San Antonio in 2006, and Mrs. Siv gave |
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generously of her time and talents as a member of the First |
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Presbyterian Church, Teachers Across Borders, Friends of Khmer |
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Culture, Caring for Cambodia, the 100 Club of San Antonio, and other |
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organizations; in addition, she was a member of the advisory |
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council to the UT School of Information, which named its Martha Lee |
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Pattillo Siv Doctoral Student Lounge in her honor; the Pampa City |
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Commission recognized her contributions by dubbing a section of the |
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public library the Martha Pattillo Siv Children's Library; and |
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WHEREAS, Martha Pattillo Siv set an inspiring example through |
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her dedication to her family, her faith, her community, and her |
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country, and she is remembered with admiration and affection by all |
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who were privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Martha Pattillo Siv |
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and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn her passing; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Martha |
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Pattillo Siv. |