Sharpen your pencils and get out to hear Madeleine Albright
February 15, 2012 · 0 Comments
By Diane Feen
BOCA RATON– Whoever said that South Florida is a cultural and intellectual wasteland didn’t know aboutFloridaAtlanticUniversity. There have been so many wonderful lectures, classes and concerts that you might think you were inManhattan(almost).
But the exciting news is that FAU is having the former secretary of state Madeleine Albright talk about the ‘Economy and Security in the 21st Century’ on Wednesday, February 15 at 3:30 p.m. in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.
When Albright was nominated as Secretary of State in 1997 she was the first woman to hold that office. She was also the highest ranking woman in the history of theU.S.government. Albright served as the Permanent US Representative to the United Nations and was as a member of President Bill Clinton’s Cabinet and National Security Council.
Albright is currently a professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. She chairs both the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the Pew Global Attitudes Project, and serves as president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation.
She is also the author of four New York Times best sellers, the last two were called: “Madam Secretary” and “Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections onAmerica, God, and World Affairs.”
Those two best sellers will be on sale after the lecture. Her next book, “Prague Winter,” is slated for release in April 2012. It tells the story of Albright’s experiences and those of her family living inPragueduring and immediately after World War II.
A book signing will follow the lecture. Single tickets are $35 and groups of 15 or more are $30 per ticket. FAU students are admitted free with a student ID. Tickets can be purchased at www.fauevents.com, by calling 1-800-564-9539.
