U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice to the United Nations
Notability - On January 22, 2009, 44-year-old Susan Rice was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the third woman to hold this position.
Career Path –
Birth – November 17, 1964 in Washington D.C. to Emmett J. Rice, an economics professor, and Lois Dickson Fitt, an education scholar. Her father is presently a professor at Cornell University, and is a former Governor of the Federal Reserve.
Education – At her all-girls private high school, Susan Rice was valedictorian, student body president, and led the basketball team. She earned a B.A. in history from Stanford University in 1986, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She attended New College at Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, earning a Masters in 1988 and Doctorate in 1990.
Career Path –
- 1988 – Foreign policy consultant to Dukakis presidential campaign
- Early 1990s – McKinsey & Company consultant
- 1993 – 1997 – Worked in several foreign policy capacities for the Clinton administration
- 1997 – 2001 – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
- 2001 – 2002 – Director of Intellibridge, a strategic analysis think tank
- 2002 – 2008 – Senior Fellow in foreign policy at the Brooking Institute, a leading think tank
Birth – November 17, 1964 in Washington D.C. to Emmett J. Rice, an economics professor, and Lois Dickson Fitt, an education scholar. Her father is presently a professor at Cornell University, and is a former Governor of the Federal Reserve.
Education – At her all-girls private high school, Susan Rice was valedictorian, student body president, and led the basketball team. She earned a B.A. in history from Stanford University in 1986, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She attended New College at Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, earning a Masters in 1988 and Doctorate in 1990.
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