Constitution Day Lecture: Democracy and American Institutions
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Constitution Day Lecture with Condoleezza Rice
66th U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, will discuss how we create and sustain democracy through hard work, persistence, historical context, strong institutions, and dedicated citizens.
5:00-6:00 PM | Lecture
6:00-7:00 PM | Reception
This event will be an in-person event only. Please register below.
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Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm. From January 2005 to January 2009, Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and first black woman to hold the post. Rice also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001 to January 2005, the first woman to hold the position. Rice served as Stanford University’s provost from 1993 to 1999, during which time she was the institution’s chief budget and academic officer. As Professor of Political Science, Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the university’s highest teaching honors – the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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