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Madeleine Albright

Madeleine AlbrightAKA Marie Jana Korbelova

Born: 15-May-1937
Birthplace: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Gender: Female
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Democratic [2]

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bill Clinton's Secretary of State

Albright's doctoral dissertation supervisor was Zbigniew Brzezinski.


[1] Raised Catholic.

[2] Foreign policy coordinator, Mondale presidential campaign, 1984. Senior foreign policy advisor, Dukakis presidential campaign, 1988.

Father: Josef Korbel
Mother: Anna Spiegelova (or Speeglova)
Husband: Joseph Medill Patterson Albright (m. May-1959, div. 1983, three daughters)
Daughter: Alice
Daughter: Anne
Daughter: Katherine

    High School: Kent Denver School, Englewood, CO (1955)
    University:
BA Political Science, Wellesley College (1959)
    Scholar: School of Advanced International Studies (1962-63)
    University: MA, Columbia University
    University: PhD, Columbia University
    Professor: International Affairs, Georgetown University (1982-83)

    Albright Group Founder (2001-09)
    US Secretary of State (23-Jan-1997 to 20-Jan-2001)
    US Ambassador to the United Nations (1993-97)
    Center for National Policy President (1989-93)
    US National Security Council Staff (1978-80)
    Member of the Board of Albright Stonebridge Group (2009-)
    Alfalfa Club 1997
    American Academy of Diplomacy
    Aspen Institute
    Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Honorary Member, Board of Directors
    Bretton Woods Committee
    Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East
    Center for Strategic & International Studies
    Council of American Ambassadors
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Gore 2000
    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Vice Chairman (1984-93)
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellow (1981-82)
    American Political Science Association
    American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    EMILY's List
    Eisenhower Fellowships Trustee
    Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Honorary Patron
    Hillary Clinton for President
    International Rescue Committee Overseer
    John Kerry for President
    New Leadership for America PAC
    Obama for America
    Member of the Board of New York Stock Exchange
    National Women's Hall of Fame 1998
    Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
    Naturalized US Citizen 1957
    Audience with the Pope 7-Mar-1998
    Roast: William Safire (1998)
    Traveled to North Korea Oct-2000
    Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
    Funeral: Tim Russert (2008)
    Wedding: Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky (2010)
    Czechoslovak Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry three grandparents

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) · Herself

Author of books:
Poland: The Role of the Press in Political Change (1983, international affairs)
Madam Secretary: A Memoir (2003, memoir)
Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership (2008, international affairs)
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 (2012, memoir)


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