As designed by Dr. Barnhart, the Joe Barnhart Scholars Award will be granted to one full-time junior at A.C. Jones High School, Beeville, Texas annually. The purpose of this award is to encourage superior students to excel. The award is not necessarily based on the highest scholastic standing and would take into account the student's potential for contribution to the world in areas of civics, religion, other humanities, business or professions and the arts.
Ambassador Siv is the international bestselling
author of Golden Bones, an American dream story. 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.
From 1989 to 1993, Ambassador Siv served as deputy
assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as deputy assistant
secretary of State. In the private sector, he has held positions in
social services, educational exchange, financial management, and
investment banking. He is managing director of the investment banking
group AKRA (www.akragroup.com). He provides global strategic advice and
gives motivational speeches around the USA 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 in
Wallingford, Connecticut. He and his wife, the former Martha Pattillo
of Pampa, Texas, spend their time in San Antonio, New york, and beyond.