Condoleezza was coined by Angelena Rice for her daughter — from the Italian musical term con dolcezza ("with sweetness, with tenderness"). **Condoleezza Rice (born 1954)** — **the first Black woman to serve as US National Security Advisor (2001-2005) and as US Secretary of State (2005-2009)** under George W. Bush. **Provost of Stanford University at 38** (1993-1999), the youngest in the school's history. **Concert pianist; performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the National Medal of Arts ceremony in 2002**. PhD in Political Science from the University of Denver at age 26.
Author of *No Higher Honor* (2011) and *Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom* (2017).
Condoleezza reduces to four — the number of Secretary of State.