Siri von Reis
| Siri von Reis | |
|---|---|
 Siri von Reis in 2011 at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan | |
| Born |
Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis February 10, 1931 |
| Nationality | USA |
| Occupation | botanist, author, and poet |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Altschul (divorced 1972) |
| Children |
Arthur Altschul, Jr. (born 1964) Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966) Serena Altschul (born 1970) |
Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (born February 10, 1931) is an American botanist, author and poet. She is of half-Finnish and half-Swedish ancestry.[1] She has worked as an investigator at the New York Botanical Garden.
Personal life
She was married to Jewish American banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul (1920 – 2002) who was a Goldman Sachs Group partner and member of the Lehman banking family. They divorced in 1972. They had three children:[3]
- Arthur Altschul, Jr. (born 1964); in 2013, he became engaged to Palestinian newscaster Rula Jebreal[4]
- Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966); in November 2002, she married John Miller (journalist), former host of 20/20, the weekly news magazine on ABC, in Manhattan.[5]
- Serena Altschul (born 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, at MTV News.
References
- ↑ New York Observer: "The Hard Sell" By Gabriel Sherman February 2, 2004
- ↑ IPNI. Altschul.
- ↑ New York Times: "Arthur G. Altschul, 81, Banker, Art Collector and Philanthropist" By ERIC PACE March 20, 2002
- ↑ New York Post: "Arthur Altschul, Jr. engaged to Rula Jebreal" May 2, 2013
- ↑ New York Times: "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Emily Altschul, John Miller" November 24, 2002
Bibliography
- Schultes, R.E.; Altschul, S. 2005: Ethnobotany: The Evolution of a Discipline
- Reis, Siri von 2001: The Love-Suicides at Sonezaki and other poems
- Altschul, S.; Lipp, F.J.Jr. 1982: New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
- Altschul, S. 1977: Exploring the Herbarium.
- Altschul, S. 1975. Drugs & Foods From Little-Known Plants - Notes in Harvard University Herbaria
- Altschul, S. 1972: The Genus Anadenanthera in Amerindian Cultures
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