The one thing that baffles me is this: What business did Bowman and his baby mama have in Persia, that Valerie Jarrett was born there?
He was a pthologist. Actually, a very accomplished man.
Her father, a pathologist and geneticist, ran a hospital for children in Shiraz in 1956, as part of a program where American physicians and agricultural experts sought to help communitize developing countries’ health and farming efforts. When she was 5, the family moved to London for one year, later moving to Chicago in 1963. Her parents were both African-American; on the television series Finding Your Roots, genealogical research and DNA testing indicated that Jarrett also has French, Scottish, and Native American ancestry. As a child, Jarrett spoke Farsi
and French. In 1966, her mother was one of four child advocates that created the Erik son Institute. The Institute was established to provide collective knowledge in child development for teachers and other professionals working with young children.
Jarrett graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon in 1974. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University in 1978 and a juris doctor (J.D.) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1981.
In 1983 Jarrett married William Robert Jarrett, son of Chicago Sun-Times reporter Vernon Jarrett. She attributes her switch from a private to a public career to their daughter Laura’s birth and her own desire to do something that would make their daughter proud.
To one reporter’s emailed question about her divorce, she replied, “Married in 1983, separated in 1987, and divorced in 1988. Enough said.” In a Vogue profile, she further explained, “We grew up together. We were friends since childhood. In a sense, he was the boy next door. I married without really appreciating how hard divorce would be.”
During that period, until 1979, Shah and Iran were friends of the United States. During the oil embargo of 1973, Shah welcomed the US Navy into their ports, to refuel, when no one else would.
Not a supporter of 0 or Jar Jar, but there were many solid Americans who worked in Iran, once upon a time.
Thank you, Jimmy Peanut/s