because she knew that the czechs wanted to be free to chart their own course in life. it left an indelible impression on her. they finally came to the united states, her dad was a professor at the university of colorado. madeline wound up teaching at my old alma mater georgetown where i think on at least two occasions she was voted by the students as the most outstanding faculty member. but she was far more than an academic, partly because of the agonizing personal experiences she had been through as a child, and she understood clearly that the people caught in the middle between germany and russia didn't want to trade hitler in for stalin, that they wanted to be free to chart their own course. she pursued policies that were consistent with that, not only