Rocco C. Siciliano photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0524
Scope and Contents
Series I consits of material donatede between the 1990s and 2016 and contains primarily black-and-white photograph prints depicting Rocco Siciliano's career in civil service and business dating parimarily from teh 1960s and 1970s. Boxes 1-3 were donated between the 1990s and 2009. They consist primarily of black-and-white prints depicting Rocco Siciliano's work in business and civil service dating from 1969 through 1979. Box 4 contains material donated between 2009 and 2016; folder 18 is partially digital only and folder 19 is digital only. The digital only files were donated on CDs by Rocco Siciliano and are in JPG format. Material in Box 4 depicts Rocco Siciliano's work for the Eisenhower administration and Rocco and Marion's involvement in business and philanthropy.
Series II contains the addendum donated in 2019. Boxes 5-7 contain black-and-white and color photographs depicting Rocco Siciliano's childhood and young adulthood, including his military service during World War II; personal and professional photographs of Rocco and Marion Siciliano and their family; black-and-white prints depicting Rocco Siciliano's political appointments in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations; color photographs depicting Rocco Siciliano's participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower museum and memorial. Box 7 is oversize and contains primarily primarily black-and-white, matted photographs depicting Rocco Siciliano's political career; it includes signed photographs of political figures known to Siciliano in Folder 1.
Series II contains the addendum donated in 2019. Boxes 5-7 contain black-and-white and color photographs depicting Rocco Siciliano's childhood and young adulthood, including his military service during World War II; personal and professional photographs of Rocco and Marion Siciliano and their family; black-and-white prints depicting Rocco Siciliano's political appointments in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations; color photographs depicting Rocco Siciliano's participation in the Dwight D. Eisenhower museum and memorial. Box 7 is oversize and contains primarily primarily black-and-white, matted photographs depicting Rocco Siciliano's political career; it includes signed photographs of political figures known to Siciliano in Folder 1.
Dates
- 1936-2019
- Majority of material found within 1960-1979
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical / Historical
Rocco Carmine Siciliano was born on 1922 March 4 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Mary Arnone and Joseph Vincent Siciliano, Italian immigrants from Calabria. In 1940, he enrolled at the University of Utah, where he participated in student body government. On April 5, 1943, Siciliano entered active duty with the United States Army. He served in the United States Army during World War II as an Infantry Platoon Leader in the Tenth Mountain Infantry Division in Italy and was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Army Special Commendation Ribbon. In 1944, Siciliano graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor's degree in political science with honors. In 1948, he graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in law.
On 1947 November 8, Rocco C. Siciliano married Marion Leonore Stiebel; together, they had five children. Marion Stiebel Siciliano was a German refugee; the two met while she was working as a librarian in the Research and Intelligence Division of the United States State Department. Marion Siciliano was an abstract artist whose works were shown nationally and internationally and are held in numerous museum, corporate, and private collections. In 2001 along with her husband, she received an Honorary Doctorate (in Fine Arts) from Gettysburg College. Marion Siciliano received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on 2001 February 14.
From 1948-1950, he was a legal assistant to a board member in the National Labor Relations Board. From 1953-1959, Siciliano served by presidential appointment in the Eisenhower administration, first as an assistant secretary in the United States Department of Labor where he directed the nationwide employment and manpower activities. In 1957, Siciliano moved to the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Personnel Management, where he advised and assisted President Dwight D. Eisenhower with management policies, wage rates, and employment systems for all federal civilian employees.
From 1959-1969, Siciliano was a partner in the Washington law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, a group of partners who were all originally from Utah. During that time, he served as counsel to national trade associations, including business and educational organizations. In April 1965, while retaining his partnership in the Washington law firm, he became president and chief executive of the Pacific Maritime Association, headquartered in San Francisco. He served in that position until January of 1969, when President Richard M. Nixon appointed him the undersecretary of the United States Department of Commerce. As the deputy secretary, Siciliano was responsible for the overall management of the Department. In October of 1971, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him as a management member and later a public member of the Federal Pay Board. He served in that part-time position until 1973.
From 1971 through 1984, Siciliano served as president, then as chairman and chief executive officer (1976) of Ticor, or TI Corporation (of California), a national Los Angeles based diversified financial services company. After retirement in 1984, he became counsel to the national law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, leaving in 1987 after becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Health Properties, a real estate investment trust. He was a founding member and past chairman (1986) of the California Business Roundtable. Siciliano served as Chairman of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to develop innovative ways to improve democratic self-government.
In 1991, Siciliano became President and Chief Executive of the Dwight D. Eisenhower World Affairs Institute in Washington, D.C. In 2000, Siciliano was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which he also served on under President George W. Bush. In 2001, he was elected Chairman of the commission. In this role, Siciliano oversaw the choice of a site for the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the selection of Frank Gehry as its architect.
In 1997, the Sicilianos established The Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum at the University of Utah. The Siciliano Forum is designed to offer an open, nonbiased forum for students, faculty, and the citizenry to focus their attention on the most important, least tractable public issues facing America today. In 2004, the University of Utah Press published Rocco Siciliano's biography, Walking on Sand: The Story of an Immigrant Son and the Forgotten Art of Public Service, cowritten with Drew Ross.
In addition to his career as a public servant, Siciliano has served on many corporate and philanthropic boards. A supporter of the arts, Siciliano was a lifetime member of the Board of the Lois Angeles Philharmonic, serving as both its president and chairman. He was a founding board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art. In 1981, he was named a trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust, and assisted in the creation of the Getty Center, including the acquisition of its land. Siciliano received many awards for his public service activities and three honorary doctorates: an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Hebrew Union College (1989); an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service from Gettysburg College (2001); and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Utah (2001).
Rocco Carmine Siciliano died on 2018 November 6.
1922 Born in Salt Lake City, UT on 1922 March 4
1928-36 Attended Hawthorne Elementary School
1936-38 Attended Bryant Jr. High
1938-1940 South High School: Editor of South High Scribe, Valedictorian
1940-44 Attended University of Utah, was treasurer of Freshman class, president of the sophomore class, 2nd Vice President of the Student Body. Graduated with BA and honors in Political Science
1944-46 Began active duty on April 5, 1943. Attended Officer's Candidate School, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, sent to Italy as a platoon leader, promoted in 1945 to 1st Lieutenant. Earned the Bronze Medal for Valor
1946-1948 Attended andgraduated from Georgetown University Law School
1947 Married Marion Leonore Stiebel on 1947 November 8
1948-1949 Hired as assistant to former Utah Senator Abe Murdock, on the National Labor Relations Board. Became a legal assistant and member of Washington D.C. bar
1950 Joined PROCON in Chicago
1953 Appointed as an Assistant Secretary of Labor under Eisenhower
1955 Receives award from Utah Jr. Chamber of Commerce, Man of the Year Award
1957 Appointed as Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for Personnel Management. Arranges the first black leaders policy meeting with a President
1959 Joins law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker in D.C.
1964 Interviewed for President of University of Utah, James Fletcher chosen
1965 Becomes chief exec of Pacific Maritime Assn, 1966 becomes CEO as well
1967 Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award from U of U
1968 Founding member of the University of Utah National Advisory Council
1969-71 Under secretary of Commerce under President Nixon
1971 Joins TICOR in Los Angeles as President
1971-73 Named to Federal Pay Board. (a part-time position)
1976 Becomes CEO and Chairman of TICOR
1977-86 President and Chairman of Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
1981-95 Named as trustee to the Getty Trust
1982 TICOR taken over by Southern Pacific, Rocco becomes board member of Southern Pacific, continues as TICOR CEO
1983- present Chairman of the Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles
1989 Received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hebrew Union College
1991 President and Chief Executive of the Eisenhower Institute
1996 Becomes Trustee emeritus of the J. Getty Trust
1997 Endowment established at UU by Siciliano to establish Siciliano Forum in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
2000 Appointed by President Clinton as a member of the Federal Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Washington, D.C., elected chairman in 2001.
2001 Received an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service from Gettysburg College
2001 Received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Utah
2004 Published his autobiography: Walking on Sand: The Story of an Immigrant Son and the Forgotten Art of Public Service, with Drew Ross.
2018 Died in Los Angeles, California on November 6.
On 1947 November 8, Rocco C. Siciliano married Marion Leonore Stiebel; together, they had five children. Marion Stiebel Siciliano was a German refugee; the two met while she was working as a librarian in the Research and Intelligence Division of the United States State Department. Marion Siciliano was an abstract artist whose works were shown nationally and internationally and are held in numerous museum, corporate, and private collections. In 2001 along with her husband, she received an Honorary Doctorate (in Fine Arts) from Gettysburg College. Marion Siciliano received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on 2001 February 14.
From 1948-1950, he was a legal assistant to a board member in the National Labor Relations Board. From 1953-1959, Siciliano served by presidential appointment in the Eisenhower administration, first as an assistant secretary in the United States Department of Labor where he directed the nationwide employment and manpower activities. In 1957, Siciliano moved to the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Personnel Management, where he advised and assisted President Dwight D. Eisenhower with management policies, wage rates, and employment systems for all federal civilian employees.
From 1959-1969, Siciliano was a partner in the Washington law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, a group of partners who were all originally from Utah. During that time, he served as counsel to national trade associations, including business and educational organizations. In April 1965, while retaining his partnership in the Washington law firm, he became president and chief executive of the Pacific Maritime Association, headquartered in San Francisco. He served in that position until January of 1969, when President Richard M. Nixon appointed him the undersecretary of the United States Department of Commerce. As the deputy secretary, Siciliano was responsible for the overall management of the Department. In October of 1971, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him as a management member and later a public member of the Federal Pay Board. He served in that part-time position until 1973.
From 1971 through 1984, Siciliano served as president, then as chairman and chief executive officer (1976) of Ticor, or TI Corporation (of California), a national Los Angeles based diversified financial services company. After retirement in 1984, he became counsel to the national law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, leaving in 1987 after becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Health Properties, a real estate investment trust. He was a founding member and past chairman (1986) of the California Business Roundtable. Siciliano served as Chairman of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to develop innovative ways to improve democratic self-government.
In 1991, Siciliano became President and Chief Executive of the Dwight D. Eisenhower World Affairs Institute in Washington, D.C. In 2000, Siciliano was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which he also served on under President George W. Bush. In 2001, he was elected Chairman of the commission. In this role, Siciliano oversaw the choice of a site for the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the selection of Frank Gehry as its architect.
In 1997, the Sicilianos established The Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum at the University of Utah. The Siciliano Forum is designed to offer an open, nonbiased forum for students, faculty, and the citizenry to focus their attention on the most important, least tractable public issues facing America today. In 2004, the University of Utah Press published Rocco Siciliano's biography, Walking on Sand: The Story of an Immigrant Son and the Forgotten Art of Public Service, cowritten with Drew Ross.
In addition to his career as a public servant, Siciliano has served on many corporate and philanthropic boards. A supporter of the arts, Siciliano was a lifetime member of the Board of the Lois Angeles Philharmonic, serving as both its president and chairman. He was a founding board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art. In 1981, he was named a trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust, and assisted in the creation of the Getty Center, including the acquisition of its land. Siciliano received many awards for his public service activities and three honorary doctorates: an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Hebrew Union College (1989); an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service from Gettysburg College (2001); and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Utah (2001).
Rocco Carmine Siciliano died on 2018 November 6.
Extent
4 Linear Feet (6 archives boxes, 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Rocco C. Siciliano (1922-2008) was an Italian American businessman and philanthropist who was appointed to civil service under the Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon presidential administrations. This collection consists of black-and-white and color prints and negatives depicting Siciliano's work in business and politics; the bulk of the material dates from the 1960s and 1970s.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and chronology.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Rocco Siciliano in 1999, addendums in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, and by Maria Siciliano in 2019.
Separated Materials
See also the Rocco C. Siciliano papers (ACCN 1639) in the Manuscripts Division and the Rocco Siciliano audiovisual collection (A1007) and Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum photograph collection (P1423) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary Ann Curtis in 2000. Addendum and reprocessing by Special Collections staff in 2024.
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- Black-and-white photographs
- Businessmen -- California
- Color photographs
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Immigrants -- Utah
- Italian Americans
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Political consultants--United States
- Siciliano, Marion S., 1924-
- Siciliano, Rocco C.
- TI Corporation (of California) -- Officials and employees
- United States. Department of Labor -- Officials and employees
- United States. Dept. of Commerce -- Officials and employees
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs
Source
- Siciliano, Rocco C. (Person)
- Title
- Rocco C. Siciliano photograph collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Mary Ann Curtis. Updated by Special Collections staff.
- Date
- 2000 (updated 2024)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The finding aid was written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu