WASHINGTON – March 23, 2022 – Patrick Butler, president and chief executive officer of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS), today issued the following statement on the death of Madeleine Albright:
“The public broadcasting family joins the nation in mourning the passing of Madeleine Albright, the pioneering diplomat who helped shape the modern world and always made time to explain her historic actions and decisions to the public television audience.
“As the first woman Secretary of State, following her service as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and a series of earlier foreign policy positions of increasing importance, Secretary Albright showed what a brilliant woman and a grateful immigrant could do in guiding the foreign policy of the “indispensable nation” she loved so much.
“On a personal note, I was honored to call Madeleine Albright my friend for more than 30 years. As an advisor to the Times Mirror Center for The People & The Press, of which I was a founder and which now operates as the Pew Research Center, Madeleine escorted our team around Europe as the Center designed and conducted a landmark survey of European public opinion on the eve of the formal creation of the European Union. This study, The Pulse of Europe, helped inform both EU and US policy in the years following its publication.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to the Albright family, with profound thanks for this remarkable woman’s indispensable contributions to her country and the world.”
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