Down to Earth Advice from a Lofty Diplomatic Perch
Being an American ambassador can be a pretty surreal experience, but it can lead to some real advice for people considering careers in international business law.
Rick Graber, a prominent Milwaukee lawyer and Republican leader, was ambassador to the Czech Republic for the last two and a half years of President George W. Bush’s administration. He described his experiences as ambassador and gave advice during a recent hour with about 25 students in Profossor Irene Calboli’s International Business Transactions course at the Law School.
Graber called the lifestyle of an ambassador unimaginable – a spectacular 60,000-square-foot house and eight to ten people to run the house. “You’d take your shirt off in the evening and, magically, it would be clean in the morning,” he said. “That doesn’t happen much in Shorewood.”
Graber described the two major issues that occupied him during his time in the Czech Republic.