Slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was born in Grass Valley in 1960, but his ties to the area continued in later life, we’ve learned.
“At Berkeley, Stevens majored in history, wrapping up his studies in 1982. His senior thesis delved into immigration to California in the 19th century, looking specifically at Cornish hard-rock miners who settled the Sierra Nevada foothills towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City during the Gold Rush in Northern California,” as a press release from UC Berkeley states.
Stevens was killed Tuesday night, along with three others, in an attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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All reports are that Chris Stevens was a great guy. In addition to being a native of Grass Valley he was also a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. Spoke fluent Arabic. Exactly the type of person we need to represent our country. His murder is a tragedy. A similar action started WWI. You can bet the U.S. government is using every technology available to locate and punish the people that did this. The military attack that killed Chris and others is not justified in any way
The U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, who was killed in a terrorist attack on the Embassy on tuesday had deep ties to this community. His Grandfather Elmer (Chief) Stevens and his Grandmother Margaret Stevens both taught at GV/NUHS for many years . His Dad, Jan Stevens was a graduate of the GV High School class of 1951 and has maintained many friendships in the community. My thoughts and prayers go out to Jan and his family at this very tragic and difficult time. We have lost a native son.
(posted on Facebook by my aunt)
I saw an interview Brian Williams made with his sister and it left me heart struck. Life is so precious and so short.
He would have made a better President than either Obama or Romney.