The book of Ecclesiasticus, also known as the Wisdom of Ben Sira,

let us now praise famous men, men whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten.

Today on Uncommon Knowledge, the legacy of one of the most consequential figures in American history, George Schultz.

Uncommon knowledge now. The daughter of a minister and a music teacher who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.

Condoleezza Rice has led a remarkably distinguished career, both as an academic. She served as Provost of Stanford and as a public servant in the administration of George W. Bush.

She served first as National Security Advisor and then as Secretary of State.

Condi Rice now serves as director of the Hoover Institution.

A point not lost on my wife, she's my boss.

Raised in the Soviet Union, mathematician Natan Sharansky became a founding member of the

dissonant organization, the Helsinki Group, and spent nine years in Soviet prisons, almost half of that time, in solitary confinement.

After his 1986 release, he moved to Israel, becoming a major figure in Israeli political life.

His books include the classic work, Fear, No, Evil.

A native of India, who moved to the United

A native of India who moved to the United States at the age of 14, Abraham So Fair served as a U.S.

District Court Judge until 1985 when George Schultz named him legal advisor to the State Department.

Abe is now the George P. Schultz distinguished scholar here at the Hoover Institution.

A word now about the man will be discussing George Schultz, who died three years ago at the age of 100.

After graduating from Princeton, Mr. Schultz served with the Marines during the Second World War.

After the war, he earned a doctorate in economics from MIT, then taught at MIT and the University of Chicago.

During the Eisenhower administration, I'll pause while that sinks in, during the Eisenhower administration, I'll pause while that sinks in.

During the Eisenhower administration, George Schultz served on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers.

During the Nixon administration, he served as Secretary of Labor, Director of the Office of Management and the Budget, and Secretary of the Treasury.

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