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'''Josef Korbel''' ([[1909]] in [[Letohrad]] –[[1977]]) was a [[Czechoslovakia]]n [[diplomat]] and [[United States|U.S.]] [[educator]], who is now best known as the father of [[Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton's]] [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], [[Madeleine Albright]], and the mentor of [[George W. Bush|George W. Bush's]] Secretary of State, [[Condoleezza Rice]]. Though he served as a diplomat in [[Czechoslovakia]], Korbel's [[Jew]]ish heritage forced him to flee after the [[Nazi]] invasion in [[1939]]. He served as an advisor to [[Edvard Beneš]], the exiled Czech president in [[London]], until the Nazis were defeated. He then returned to Czechoslovakia to serve as the country's ambassador to [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], but was forced to flee again during the [[Communist]] [[coup]] in [[1948]].
After learning that he had been tried and sentenced to death in absentia, Korbel was granted [[political asylum]] in the [[United States]]. He was hired to teach international [[politics]] at the [[University of Denver]], and became the Dean of International Studies. One of his students was [[Condoleezza Rice]], the first woman appointed [[United States National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] ([[January 20]], [[2001]]) and the first black woman appointed [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] ([[January 26]], [[2005]]). His daughter, [[Madeleine Albright]], became the first female [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], on [[January 23]], [[1997]] (Rice is the second).
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