Posted on 11/16/2004 1:52:29 PM PST by DollyCali
A VERY FINE MIND
Dr. Condoleezza Rice , PhD
- Secretary of State -
United States of America - 2004
Her first name means “with Sweetness”.. She considered a career as a professional Ice Skater; she is a skilled pianist & has a passion for Professional Football...
And oh yes... SHE HAS A VERY FINE MIND
She looks very much like a woman to me. But if you're so upset about her clothes, I don't mind her losing them! lol : )
another bio.. some different info from:
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Condoleeza_Rice
Born in Birmingham, Alabama during segregation, Rice claims her childhood taught her determination against adversity, and the need to be "twice as good" as non-minorities.
She earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974 (where she enrolled at the age of 15); her master's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981.
While in Denver, Dr. Rice attended a course on international politics taught by Josef Korbel. The course sparked her interest in the Soviet Union and international relations, leading her to call Korbel "one of the most central figures in my life."
Rice joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1981 and became a tenured professor of political science. At Stanford, she was a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies and and between 1985 and 1986 a national fellow at the Hoover Institution.
In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where she worked on nuclear strategic planning.
From 1989 through March 1991 (the period of the fall of Berlin wall and the final days of the Soviet Union), she served in the George Herbert Walker Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and as a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
In this position, she helped formulate the strategy of President Bush and Secretary James A. Baker III in favour of German reunification and "helped bring democratic reforms to Poland, and played a vital role in crafting many of the Bush administration's policies with the former Soviet Union."
She so impressed President Bush that he introduced her to Mikhail Gorbachev as the one who "tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union.”
After working for Bush senior she returned to Stanford in 1991. In 1993 she was appointed Stanford Provost, becoming the youngest person in the position as well as first woman and first non-white. She held the position until 1999.
The White House's official biographical note on Rice states that she was a member of the board of directors for the Chevron Corporation, the boards of the Charles Schwab Corporation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, the International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan and the San Francisco Symphony Board of Governors.
Chevron named an oil tanker Condoleezza Rice after her but later quietly renamed it Altair Voyager. Rice explained on Fox News Sunday that Chevron had a policy of naming tankers after its Directors. Rice was a Director of Chevron from 1991 to 2001. "We made the change to eliminate the unnecessary attention caused by the vessel's original name," Chevron's spokesman, Fred Gorell, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
In 2001, at a meeting with European Union Ambassadors in Washington, D.C. it was Rice who delivered the news that as far as the U.S. was concerned "Kyoto is dead."
In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender -- Integrated Training in the Military. She was also a "Founding Board member of the Center for a New Generation, an educational support fund for schools in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park and was Vice President of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. In addition, her past board service has encompassed such organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Rand Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public broadcasting for San Francisco," her biographical note states.
Dr. Rice is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of Alabama in 1994, the University of Notre Dame in 1995 and the Mississippi College School of Law in 2003. Christian media report that her strong religious beliefs are an important influence on her thinking on major policy issues.
You had me going there for a second, LOL
Sir, get your mind out of the gutter! You're blocking my periscope!
During the 2000 campaign I went to an event that featured Barbara Bush, McCain's wife, Laura Bush and others, including Dr. Rice. She made some brief comments regarding Stanford and the power of education. Nothing thrilled her more than to see Americans of all backgrounds in a classroom, that to her was what America represents.
Since we were late to a standing room only event we ended up on the exit route and I was able to shake hands with Dr. Rice. She seemed rather stunned when I told her she was the reason I attended the event and warmly shook my hand. She is not an imposing figure at all, much more petite than what she appears on television. Her great power is her mind and I love her confidence in that power, she knows that she doesn't need to trade in her femininity to compete.
I'm thoroughly impressed...that she was able to stand all those academia types to rise to the top. Kudos!
I thought this was very impressive:
She earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974 (where she enrolled at the age of 15); her master's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981.
Why are you posting pic's where she looks a little sad?
Though I like the bottom one. I like to imagine she's telling some liberal where to go!
She is a vibrant wonderful woman who has the gamut of emotions... we are going to try to experience all possible on the " A VERY FINE MIND threads
:)
Way to go, Condi!!!
Actually I am glad that the first post is someone who figured out the "other" meaning of A VERY FINE MIND thread !!!!
Please God, let her be a Texans fan!
I greatly admire and respect Dr. Rice. She triumphs over all those ugly old leftist hags. Alas, a fine lady to show the world one can be highly intelligent, very successful, etc. and still remain feminine and beautiful.
>p>
P.S. I am a women so you know I don't lightly give out compliments to other women but I hold Dr. Rice in the highest esteem.
I've long been very impressed with Dr. Rice, and think she's one of the most intelligent people in the universe at this time.
However, someone has told me that she shares Colin Powell's pro-abortion views. Somebody, please tell me that isn't true!
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