38 Facts About Fred Malek

Frederic Vincent Malek was an American business executive, political advisor, fraudster, and philanthropist.

Active in politics for more than fifty years, Malek served as a National Finance Committee Chair of Sen.

Fred Malek served as the chair of the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and was active in philanthropic efforts to support the academy.

Fred Malek was raised in Chicago, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy in 1959.

Fred Malek served in the Vietnam War as an airborne ranger, assigned to a special forces unit.

The story came up again when Fred Malek became an advisor and fundraiser to Sarah Palin in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Amid accusations that Fred Malek himself had killed and barbecued the dog, Fred Malek, in his blog, quoted O'Meara, a retired Army colonel, taking "full responsibility" for what happened.

In 1975, Fred Malek joined Bethesda-based Marriott Corporation, and was quickly promoted, eventually becoming president of Marriott Hotels.

Fred Malek was elected executive vice president of Marriott in March 1978.

In early 1989, Fred Malek became a senior advisor to the Carlyle Group.

Fred Malek led a group of investors to purchase the Coldwell Banker Commercial Group, the nation's largest commercial real estate services company, from Sears, Roebuck and Company at a price estimated at $300 million.

Fred Malek went on to become co-chairman of the company, serving on the board of directors for 29 years, helping to increase the value of the company to over $15 billion.

Fred Malek soon joined Los Angeles investor Al Checchi and Marriott's Gary Wilson in a $3.65 billion, all-cash purchase of Northwest Airlines.

From January 1,2002, to December 31,2005, Fred Malek was a member of the board of directors of Fannie Mae.

Fred Malek continued to be actively involved as chairman of Thayer Lodging.

In 1993, Fred Malek founded and became chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm.

On May 18,2007, Thayer was found in negligence of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and was ultimately forced to pay a civil penalty of $150,000, while Fred Malek personally paid a fine of $100,000 for his role in the affair.

Fred Malek served in the Nixon administration in several different roles, including Deputy Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under Secretaries Robert Finch and Elliot Richardson, as well as special assistant to the president from 1970 to 1973, and deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1973 to 1975.

Fred Malek served as deputy chief of the Committee to Re-elect the President in 1972.

Fred Malek was sworn in as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget on February 2,1973.

Fred Malek served until 1975, when he resigned to re-enter the private sector.

Fred Malek provided the data on Democrats after a check of voter registration rolls, but balked at fulfilling the rest of Nixon's query.

On December 15,2014, Fred Malek received the Anti Defamation League's Achievement award during a ceremony in Washington, DC.

Fred Malek was said to be "on track" for chief of staff in the Bush White House, but resigned after acknowledging that in 1971, at the request of President Nixon he drew up a list of important Jewish officials at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Fred Malek, who was a special assistant to Mr Nixon, emphatically denied that he had engaged in an anti-Semitic act.

In September 1989, Fred Malek was appointed by President Bush to coordinate plans for the 1990 economic summit of industrialized nations.

Fred Malek served as director of the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, with the rank of ambassador, where he was responsible for the preparation and staging of the event.

Fred Malek served as co-chairman of the finance committee for John McCain in 2008.

Fred Malek was a co-founder, former chairman and one of three executive committee members of the American Action Network, a 501 center-right think tank established in January 2010 to promote policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, and strong national security.

Fred Malek chaired the Executive Roundtable of the Republican Governors Association, an organization supporting the election of Republican governors.

In 2012 it was announced that Fred Malek agreed to serve as the Republican Governors Association's finance chairman.

Critics objected to Fred Malek's appointment based on both the BLS and SEC administrative action.

In 2008, Malek was nominated by President George W Bush to the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Fred Malek would go on to become the chairman of the board in 2011.

Fred Malek's wife, Marlene Fred Malek, graduated from the school in 1979 and was a member of the Marymount board of trustees.

Fred and Marlene Malek were honored with the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Washington, DC, Metro Area Chapter at their National Capital Philanthropy Day in 2012.

Fred Malek was a "fitness fanatic" who had kept up physically healthy habits since West Point.

Fred Malek died on March 24,2019, following complications from hip surgery.