When Condi’s parents instilled in her the belief that she could one day be president of the United States, they prepared her to become a person who could make a mark on the world. Did John Rice ever imagine that his “little star” would one day be dubbed “the most powerful woman in the world,” or did Angelena Rice foresee that her musical prodigy would play at the Kennedy Center, introduced by the First Lady of the United States? They may not have imagined these specific events, but John and Angelena Rice did not put limits on their own dreams, nor on those of their daughter.
In fifty years, Condi has become a Renaissance woman in the truest sense of the word, accomplished in more than one field as artist and academic, writer and university provost, foreign policy czarina and presidential advisor. There is undoubtedly much more to come from her, and the world is watching.
APPENDIX I
National Security Advisors, 1950-2005
Stephen Hadley 2005-
Condoleezza Rice 2001-2005
Samuel L. Berger 1997-2001
W. Anthony Lake 1993-1997
Brent Scowcroft 1989-1993
Colin L. Powell 1987-1989
Frank C. Carlucci 1986-1987
John M. Poindexter 1985-1986
Robert C. McFarlane 1983-1985
William P. Clark 1982-1983
Richard V. Allen 1981-1982
Zbigniew Brzezinski 1977-1981
Brent Scowcroft 1975-1977
Henry A. Kissinger 1968-1975
Walt W. Rostow 1966-1968
McGeorge Bundy 1961-1966
Gordon Gray 1958-1961
Robert Cutler 1957-1958
Dillon Anderson 1955-1956
Robert Cutler 1953-1955
James L. Lay* 1950-1953
Sidney Souers* 1947-1949
*Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
APPENDIX II
Major Events in the Life of Condoleezza Rice
November 14, 1954 Born in Birmingham, Alabama
1965 First black student to attend music classes at Birmingham Southern Conservatory of Music
1969 Moves to Denver, Colorado, and attends an integrated school for the first time
1971 Graduates from high school; finishes first year of university
1974 Graduates cum laude from the University of Denver
1975 Receives M.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame
1981 Receives Ph.D. in international studies from the University of Denver
1981 Assistant professor of political science at Stanford University
1984 Publishes Uncertain Allegiance: The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1963 (Princeton University Press)
1986 Publishes The Gorbachev Era (with Alexander Dallin; Stanford Alumni Press)
1986-1987 Special assistant to the director-Joint Chiefs of Staff position at the Pentagon through Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship
1987 Promoted to associate professor of political science at Stanford
1989-1991 Bush administration posts as director of Soviet and East European affairs, special assistant to the president for national security affairs, and senior director for Soviet affairs at the National Security Council
1991 Joins Boards of Directors at Chevron, TransAmerica Corporation, Hewlett-Packard
1992 Gives address at the Republican National Convention
May 1993 Promoted to full professor at Stanford
September 1993 Named provost of Stanford University
1994 Elected to the Board of Trustees at the University of Notre Dame
1995 Publishes Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (with Philip Zelikow; Harvard University Press)
1995 Joins Board of Directors at J. P. Morgan
1999 Joins Board of Directors at Charles Schwab
July 1999 Steps down as provost of Stanford; foreign policy advisor for George W. Bush’s presidential campaign
2000 Gives address at the Republican National Convention
December 2000 Named national security advisor by President-elect George W. Bush
January 2001 Sworn in as national security advisor
April 2004 Testifies before 9/11 Commission
January 2005 Sworn in as Secretary of State
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