Madelaine (born Marie Jana Korbelova Albright
Personal Information
Born: 1937
Died: 2022
Country of Birth: Czechoslovakia
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Wellesley College BA Political Science 1959; Columbia University MA, PhD 1975; Certificate in Russian from Russian Institute (now Harriman Institute)
Professional Life
Field of Study: Finance; Politics
Institution/Corporation: Albright Stonebridge Group; Albright Capital Management; Brookings Doha Center; National Demographic Institute for International Affairs; Council of Women World Leaders; World Justice Project
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degrees: Brandeis University (1996), University of Washington (2002), smith college (2003), Washington University-St. Louis (2003), University of Winnipeg (2005), University of North Carolina-chapel Hill (2007), Knox college (2008), bowdoin College (2013), Dickinson college (2014), Tufts College (2015); Membership: Fellow American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2001), Board of Directors NY stock Exchange (2003-05), Board of Directors Council on Foreign Relations, President of Truman Scholarship Foundation, Commission on Legal empowerment of the Poor, Genocide Prevention Task force, Advisory Council for The Hague Institute for Global Justice, World Justice Project, College Democrats of America (1957)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2010, Colorado Womens Hall of Fame; 2021, Forbes 50 Over 50; 1998, National Women's Hall of fame; Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award; 2012, Presidential Medal of Freedom; 2001, US Senator H. John Heinz III Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official
Achievements: 1st female US Secretary of State 1997-2001; 20th US Ambassador to the UN 1993-1997;
Immigrated to the US in 1948, became a US citizen in 1957
Was an aide to Senator Edmund Muskie 1976-78
Helped assemble President Clinton's National Security council after 1992 Presidential election
1997, reported her parents never informed her or her siblings of their Jewish heritage, they converted to Catholicism during WWIIParents originally taught her at home so she wouldn't be exposed to communist teachings in Prague, 1st attended school in Switzerland
Changed her name to Madelaine after learning French
Met her 1st husband when she was an intern at the Denver Post
Worked as a picture editor at the Encyclopedia Britannica for 1 year (1960)
1st female Secretary of State