Frederic Vincent Malek was an American business executive, political advisor, and philanthropist.
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34 Facts About Frederic Malek
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Active in politics for more than fifty years, Malek served as a National Finance Committee Chair of Sen.
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Frederic 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.
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Frederic Malek was raised in Chicago, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy in 1959.
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Frederic Malek served in the Vietnam War as an airborne ranger, assigned to a special forces unit.
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Story came up again when Frederic Malek became an advisor and fundraiser to Sarah Palin in the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Amid accusations that Frederic Malek himself had killed and barbecued the dog, Frederic Malek, in his blog, quoted O'Meara, a retired Army colonel, taking "full responsibility" for what happened.
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In 1975, Frederic Malek joined Bethesda-based Marriott Corporation, and was quickly promoted, eventually becoming president of Marriott Hotels.
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Frederic Malek was elected executive vice president of Marriott in March 1978.
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Frederic 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.
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Frederic 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.
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Frederic Malek soon joined Los Angeles investor Al Checchi and Marriott's Gary Wilson in a $3.
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From January 1,2002, to December 31,2005, Frederic Malek was a member of the board of directors of Fannie Mae.
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Frederic Malek continued to be actively involved as chairman of Thayer Lodging.
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In 1993, Frederic Malek founded and became chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington, DC -based private equity firm.
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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 Frederic Malek personally paid a fine of $100,000 for his role in the affair.
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Frederic 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.
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Frederic Malek served as deputy chief of the Committee to Re-elect the President in 1972.
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Frederic Malek was sworn in as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget on February 2,1973.
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Frederic Malek served until 1975, when he resigned to re-enter the private sector.
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Frederic Malek provided the data on Democrats after a check of voter registration rolls, but balked at fulfilling the rest of Nixon's query.
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Frederic 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.
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Frederic Malek, who was a special assistant to Mr Nixon, emphatically denied that he had engaged in an anti-Semitic act.
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In September 1989, Frederic Malek was appointed by President Bush to coordinate plans for the 1990 economic summit of industrialized nations.
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Frederic 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.
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Frederic Malek served as co-chairman of the finance committee for John McCain in 2008.
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Frederic 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.
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In 2012 it was announced that Frederic Malek agreed to serve as the Republican Governors Association's finance chairman.
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Critics objected to Frederic Malek's appointment based on both the BLS and SEC administrative action.
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In 2008, Malek was nominated by President George W Bush to the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Frederic Malek would go on to become the chairman of the board in 2011.
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Frederic Malek's wife, Marlene Frederic Malek, graduated from the school in 1979 and was a member of the Marymount board of trustees.
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Frederic Malek was a "fitness fanatic" who had kept up physically healthy habits since West Point.
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Frederic Malek died on March 24,2019, following complications from hip surgery.
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