Modesto Maidique

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Modesto A. Maidique
Modesto Maidique in the mid 1990s
4th President of Florida International University
In office 1986–2009
Preceded by	Gregory Baker Wolfe
Succeeded by	Mark B. Rosenberg
Personal details
Born	(1940-03-20) March 20, 1940 (age 84) Havana, Cuba
Political party	Republican[1]
Residence(s)	Coral Gables, Florida[2]
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
Occupation	Administrator Engineer

Modesto Alex "Mitch" Maidique (pronounced /maɪdiːkɛ/; born March 20, 1940) is a Cuban-American electrical engineer, businessman, and educator. He was the fourth president of Florida International University (FIU), a public university in the United States, whose main campus is named after him. Appointed in 1986, Maidique was the longest-serving university president in Florida and the second longest-serving research university president in the United States .^{[citation needed]} On November 14, 2008, Maidique presented his resignation to the FIU Board of trustees.^[3] On April 25, 2009, Mark B. Rosenberg was chosen to succeed Maidique and assumed office on August 3, 2009.