Modesto Maidique
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Dr. Modesto A. "Mitch" Maidique (pronounced my-DEEK-eh, born in Havana, Cuba March 20, 1940) has been the President of Florida International University since 1986, making him the longest serving University President in the State of Florida.[citation needed] During this time, Dr. Maidique has led FIU as the University's student enrollment doubled to over 39,000 students, and as the University acquired a School of Architecture, a College of Law, a College of Medicine and a football team.[citation needed]
Maidique is also a director for the Carnival Cruise Lines Corporation.[1]
Maidique's father, Modesto Sr., was a Cuban politician, and was assassinated when Maidique was still an infant.[citation needed]
Maidique received a B.S. (1962), M.S. (1964), and Ph.D. (1970) in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1975 graduated from Program for Management Development at Harvard.
In 1989, Dr. Maidique was appointed to President George H. W. Bush's Educational Policy Advisory Committee, and he serves in a similar capacity for President George W. Bush.[citation needed]
| Preceded by Gregory Baker Wolfe |
President of Florida International University 1986 – present |
Incumbent |
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