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"We live in an era without power blocs, in
which old assumptions must be reexamined, institutions
modernized, and relationships transformed. . . . we must be
forward-looking in our thinking and flexible in our tactics. But
we need not and must not diverge from the core values of
democracy and respect for human dignity that have long guided our
nation. . . ."
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OCCUPATION: Public Official, Educator
PAST POSITIONS:
U.S. Permanent Representative to the
United Nations,
1993-1996
Professor of international affairs, Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service, 1982-1992
President, Center for National Policy, 1989-1992
Staff Member, National Security Council, 1978-1981
Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-ME),
1976-1978
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in political science,
Wellesley College,
1959
Master's degree, Columbia University, 1968
Doctoral degree, Columbia University, 1976
PERSONAL: Born May 15, 1937
Divorced, three children
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"She watched her world fall apart, and ever since, she has
dedicated her life to spreading to the rest of the world the
freedom and tolerance her family found here in America,"
President Clinton said in nominating Madeleine K. Albright to
become the first female secretary of state. Albright was confirmed by the Senate on January 22,
1997.
Albright has served as the U.S. permanent representative to the
United Nations since February 1, 1993. She is also a member of
the president's Cabinet and the National Security Council.
From 1989 to 1992, Albright served as president of the
Center for National Policy, a non-profit research organization
that promotes study and discussion of domestic and international
issues. She was a research professor of international affairs
and director of the Women in Foreign Service Program at
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service from 1982 to
her appointment as U.S. permanent representative.
Prior to her work at Georgetown University, Ambassador Albright
participated in an international competition that resulted in
her being awarded a fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution's
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars to write about the role of the
press in political changes in Poland in 1980-1982.
She was senior fellow in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs at
the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 1981 and
was also an adjunct fellow there from 1981 to 1990.
Albright's previous experience in government includes service
from 1978-1981 as a staff member on the National Security
Council and at the White House, where she was responsible for
foreign policy legislation. She also served as chief legislative
assistant to Senator Edmund Muskie from 1976-1978.
Albright graduated with honors from Wellesley College in 1959
with a B.A. in political science. She received both an M.A.
(1968) and a Ph.D. (1976) from Columbia University's Department
of Public Law and Government. Among the books she has written are
Poland, the Role of the Press in Political Change, The Role of
the Press in Political Change: Czechoslovakia 1968, and
The Soviet Diplomatic Service: Profile of an Elite.
