![]() Among others who would benefit from Josef Korbel's instruction was one of his favorite students-future secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Albright grew up learning much about world affairs from her father. They settled in Denver, Colorado, and Albright's father, Josef, who had worked as both a journalist and a diplomat, became a distinguished professor at the University of Denver. ![]() Although Albright was raised Catholic, she would later learn that her parents had converted to the Christian faith from Judaism and that three of her grandparents had died in concentration camps during the Holocaust.Īfter briefly resettling in Czechoslovakia, in 1948 the Korbels again took flight when the communists came to power. When she was only a toddler, she and her family fled their native Czechoslovakia shortly after the country was invaded by the Nazis at the start of World War II, settling in England for the duration of the war. ![]() Early LifeĪlbright was born Marie Jana Korbel in Prague on May 15, 1937. Albright served in that capacity for several years before leaving in 2001 to pursue other projects. In 1993, Albright became the American ambassador to the United Nations, and three years later, she was appointed the Secretary of the State in the Clinton administration, making her the first woman to ever hold the position. After studying at Wellesley College and Columbia University, Albright entered politics at the urging of a former professor. ![]() As a child, Madeleine Albright moved with her family to the United States. ![]()
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