'You knew Barack Obama was going to make history'

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Monday, November 3, 2008



While doing her Masters in Law in the early 1990s, Arlene Brock never realised she would be friends with a man who could tomorrow become one of the most powerful people in the world.

Not one to draw attention to her connection with presidential candidate Barack Obama, Ms Brock reflected with The Royal Gazette about her time at Harvard University with the person polls are showing to be on course to be the next United States' president.


Ms Brock was the first black lawyer in the top four corporate law firms in Toronto before starting her Masters at Harvard, before eventually returning to Bermuda to be the Island's Ombudsman.

However, surrounded by this intelligence and drive, Ms Brock said Obama stood out among the rest and she would place him in the same level as Nelson Mandela.

She said: "In a field of incredible people, Barack was easily the most brilliant. He was very busy as the President of the Law Review, his own studies and the association.

"Whenever we were in his presence or had a conversation it was clear he had an understanding beyond his years.

"Apparently he worked really hard and studied a lot. He was extraordinary. He was not the type of person who speaks or makes decisions without thinking beforehand. Everyone understood that he was incredible.

. . . you knew he was going to make history. That he was going to impact the world. He has jut run a brilliant campaign. He has maintained fairness and an integrity."


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