Walking on sand
Subtitle: the story of an immigrant son and the forgotten art of public service
By: Rocco C. Siciliano with Drew M. Ross ; foreword by Vartan Gregorian.
Contributors: Ross, Drew M.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Siciliano, Rocco C; Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 -- Friends and associates; Siciliano, Rocco C. -- Philosophy; Political consultants -- United States -- Biography; Italian Americans -- Biography; Businessmen -- California -- Biography; Common good -- Philosophy; Social service -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Rocco C. Siciliano broke new ground as the first Italian-American to serve in the White House as an assistant to the president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. At 31, "Ike's Youngest" attained a prominence not suggested in his humble beginnings in Salt Lake City, Utah. His upbringing in the Mormon-dominated community, where he balanced the heritage of his striving immigrant parents with his own aspirations for success, prepared him for a wide variety of service. This service included leading a special weapons platoon in World War II, bringing Martin Luther King Jr. to meet with President Eisenhower, and becoming a recognized business leader in California." "Siciliano used his expertise in labor, personnel management, and business to contribute substantively to the J. Paul Getty Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, the Committee for Economic Development, and the "Volcker" Commission on Public Service, among others. His own efforts, through many trials and successes, enabled him to influence immigration policy, political reform, and cultural and artistic endeavors." "The variety of Rocco Siciliano's experiences reinvigorates our understanding of the forgotten art of public service. Walking on Sand emphasizes the role that public service can play for corporations, communities, states, and the nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: To be like them yet not of them; title: From famiglia to family; title: Fuel of my ambition; title: Love and war at the university; title: Test of fire : the Italian front line; title: Making the grade; title: Ike's youngest; title: The bracero program; title: Inside the White House with President Eisenhower; title: Walking on sand; title: Casting about; title: Nixon's pay board : a public administration disaster; title: The bottom line at TICOR; title: The second bottom line : a corporate executive's community duty; title: The J. Paul Getty Center; title: An America that works; title: In search of good government.