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“The Maibach Fund supports citizen
understanding of and appreciation for the ideas and ideals upon which
the American Republic and Western Civilization have been built.”
Michael C.
Maibach
Established
in
2001
 Michael C. Maibach
was the 1st American elected under 21 years of age when he was elected
to the Dekalb County Board in his native Illinois at the age of
20. After completing a BS & MA in Political Science at
Northern Illinois University, he served as an Illinois State Senate
Legislative Fellow. In 1976 Maibach joined the Caterpillar
Tractor Co., first as a machine shop foreman, then as a Government
Affairs Manager in Illinois, California & Washington DC. He
opened CAT’s California Government Affairs Office. During this
period he earned a BS in American and Latin American History at
California State University.
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In
1983, as America moved to The Information Age, Maibach moved to the
Intel Corporation to establish their Government Affairs Department and
serve as assistant to Intel co-founder, Dr. Robert Noyce. He was
named
an Intel Vice President in 1996. He was a lead industry advocate
for
the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, the US-Japan Semiconductor
Agreement, SEMATECH funding, the GATT Uruguay Round, the 21st Century
Patent Reform Act… and China WTO membership. Maibach opened Intel
Government Affairs Offices in Washington, Brussels and Beijing.
He was
involved in President Reagan’s Commission on Industrial
Competitiveness, as well as President GHW Bush’s National Advisory
Committee on Semiconductor. He came to be a leading spokesman for
America’s electronics industry on trade and technology policy,
testifying 15 times before the US Congress. In 1992 he was a
candidate
for Congress from the Silicon Valley. While at Intel Maibach
earned a
BA in International Business at American University and an MA in
Political Philosophy at Georgetown University. Today he
serves as the
President & CEO of the European-American Business Council, with
offices in Washington and Brussels. Maibach serves on the Board
of the
World Affairs Councils of America, the Witherspoon Institute, and is a
member of the US State Department Advisory Council on International
Economics.
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