GreatLakesGeek.Com

Great Lakes Geek Podcasts - Condi Rice
Interviews by Dan Hanson, the Great Lakes Geek




Condi Rice - Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
United States of America

Dr. Condoleezza Rice came to the Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cleveland in October to sign copies of her books, Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me and Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family

Dr. Rice served as the 66th United States Secretary of State.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice


She was the first African-American woman secretary of state, as well as the second African American (after Colin Powell), and the second woman (after Madeleine Albright).

Condi Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that position.

Before joining the Bush administration, she was a professor of political science at Stanford University where she served as Provost from 1993 to 1999. Rice also served on the National Security Council as the Soviet and East European Affairs Advisor to President George H.W. Bush during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and German reunification.

Dr. Condoleezza Rice in Cleveland

Before her book signing at the Joseph Beth store in Legacy Village, Dr. Rice answered some questions from Connie Dieken and Doug Dieken.

You may have heard that Condoleezza Rice is a Cleveland Browns fan. In this video snippet, she explains why.

Dr. Condoleezza Condi Rice signing books in Cleveland Ohio

She calls her new book a tribute to her parents. She said the book answers the question she gets the most: "How did you get to where you are today?"

Dr. Condi Rice then shared a story about learning to play the piano and how she got to perform with Aretha Franklin last year to benefit charity.

YoYo Ma with Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Yo-Yo Ma with Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Dr. Condoleezza Condi Rice signing books in Cleveland Ohio

Dr. Condoleezza Rice in Cleveland


Top of Page



Browse the Great Lakes Geek Shows

Cleveland Business & Tech
Hear from CEOs, CIOs and other movers and shakers in the Cleveland tech and business scene

National Business & Tech
Technology knows no boundaries. Hear from national and international experts on business and technology.


Find Interview(s): A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Sponsored in part by

O'Reilly
Dan Hanson, the Great Lakes Geek

Great Lakes Geek































Aztek Technology





Visit our sponsor Ohio.net



invisibleSHIELD for iPhone 3G
      Copyright © 2010
      Magnum Computers Inc.