I hope you will forgive me for this digression when there are so many things to talk about in our wacky worlds of securities law and corporate governance. However, though I am tempted to rant about the SEC’s proposals on climate change and cybersecurity disclosures, I’ll save that for another day. Today, I have decided to take a few minutes to reminisce about my encounters with Madeleine Albright, who died this week.
Yes, my encounters. Plural.
I first met Secretary Albright when she was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Our UN ambassadors’ official residence then and, I believe, now is a suite high up in the Waldorf Tower, a relatively exclusive building adjacent to the famous Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue in New York. One of our daughters had just run in her first New York Marathon, and my wife and I had flown up from Florida, hired a car for the day, and had the wonderful experience of seeing her run in each of the five boroughs of New York City. We had also purchased VIP tickets so that we could be in the stands next to the finish line in Central Park and see her complete the race. It was an exhilarating day.Continue Reading A Reminiscence