Alan Sieroty

Alan Sieroty
Alan Sieroty
Member of the California Senate; from the 22nd district
	In office; March 24, 1977 – November 30, 1982
Preceded by	Anthony C. Beilenson
Succeeded by	Herschel Rosenthal
Member of the California Assembly
	In office; January 2, 1967 – March 24, 1977
Preceded by	Anthony C. Beilenson
Succeeded by	Mel Levine
Constituency	59th District (1967-1974); 44th District (1974-1977)
Personal details
Born	Alan Gerald Sieroty[1]; December 13, 1930; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Stanford University (AB); USC Gould School of Law (JD)

Alan Gerald Sieroty (born December 13, 1930) is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of both chambers of the California State Legislature.

Early life and education

Born in Los Angeles, California, Sieroty received his A.B. in Economics in 1952 from Stanford University, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He then received his LL.B. from USC Gould School of Law in 1956.[2]

Career

From 1961 to 1965, he was Administrative Assistant and Executive Secretary to Lieutenant Governor Glenn M. Anderson. From 1965 to 1966, Sieroty was Deputy Director of the Chile-California Program.[2][3]

A Democrat, Sieroty was a California State Assemblyman from 1967 until 1977, when he resigned just two months into his sixth term to become a California State Senator. He was re-elected in 1978 but did not seek re-election in 1982. Sieroty was the author of the bill which made the California Sabretooth Tiger (Smilodon californicus) the official state fossil. His fellow politicians in the Legislature named a Marin County beach for him, Alan Sieroty Beach.[3]

He was Chairman of the Arts Task Force of the National Conference of State Legislatures and was also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.[2] In 1985, Sieroty became founding Vice President of the California State Summer School for the Arts and has been a member of its board of trustees ever since.[3]

gollark: It's Australia. It's probably an actual kraken.

gollark: It *would* reduce the habitat available to the many, many very horrible animals there.

gollark: What, the whole island?

gollark: When I downloaded it it extracted to a few gigabytes, not petabytes.

gollark: I have a copy of that without the "Trek Wars" at the bottom, wonder who added that.

References

Men of Achievement, Volume 9. Melrose Press, Ltd. December 1983. ISBN 9780900332661.
"Inventory of the Alan G. Sieroty Papers - Biography". Online Archive of California. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
"Alan Sieroty". JoinCalifornia. Retrieved March 18, 2011.

California Assembly
Preceded by Anthony C. Beilenson	California State Assemblyman 59th District January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1974	Succeeded by Jack R. Fenton
Preceded by Mike Cullen	California State Assemblyman 44th District December 2, 1974 – March 24, 1977	Succeeded by Mel Levine
California Senate
Preceded by Anthony C. Beilenson	California State Senator 22nd District March 24, 1977 – November 30, 1982	Succeeded by Herschel Rosenthal

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[1] Men of Achievement, Volume 9. Melrose Press, Ltd. December 1983. ISBN 9780900332661.

[OAC-2] "Inventory of the Alan G. Sieroty Papers - Biography". Online Archive of California. Retrieved March 18, 2011.

[JoinCalifornia-3] "Alan Sieroty". JoinCalifornia. Retrieved March 18, 2011.