Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
to Speak at the 2004 Annual Meeting
AFIRE is pleased to announce that former
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be the closing
luncheon speaker at the Annual Meeting, on September 21,
in Chicago.
Madeleine Korbel Albright served as the
64th Secretary of State of the United States, from 1997
to 2001. She was the first female secretary of state and
is the highest-ranking woman in the history of the United
States government. Dr. Albright is the author of “Madam
Secretary: A Memoir.”
From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served
as the United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations and as a member of President Clinton’s Cabinet
and National Security Council. In 1995, she led the United
States delegation to the United Nation’s Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing, China.
From 1978 to 1981, Dr. Albright was a
member of President Carter’s National Security Council
and White House staff. From 1976 to 1978, she served as
chief legislative assistant to United States Senator Edmund
S. Muskie.
Dr. Albright received her BA with honors
from Wellesley College, master’s and doctorate from
Columbia University’s Department of Public Law and
Government, as well as a certificate from the Russian Institute.
Dr. Albright was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
and immigrated to America with her family after Communists
took control of that country in 1948. She is the mother
of three daughters and has six grandchildren.
