The Waynesburg University Honors Program and The Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership will host guest speaker Michael C. Maibach, Distinguished Fellow on American Federalism at Save Our States, Wednesday, March 26, at 7 p.m.
Maibach will deliver his address titled, “The Electoral College and How Other Republics Elect Heads of Government,” on the third floor of Stover Campus Center. The public is cordially invited to attend.
According to Waynesburg University Honors Program Director William Batchelder, "Michael Maibach is known as an authority on Electoral College, and both Waynesburg students and the Waynesburg community will benefit from hearing how this vital institution operates in our constitutional republic. As the operation of the electoral college is of vital interest to all Americans, we are very pleased that Mr. Maibach will offer his talk to our students and to any interested member of the community. We look forward to having our friends in the borough and in Greene County come to campus and hear this talk."
In 1972, while still a college student, Maibach made United States history as the first person under the age of 21 to be elected to public office. Over the course of his 40-year career in international business, he worked with the four engineers who founded Intel Corporation, eventually establishing the company’s Government Affairs Department and becoming its first Vice President of Global Government Affairs.
As a Distinguished Fellow for Save Our States, Maibach manages outreach to academics, policy professionals and allied organizations. A lifelong learner, he holds degrees from Northern Illinois University, California State University, American University, Georgetown University, Ashland University and the Institute of World Politics.
“Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist Paper #68 about the Electoral College’s role in choosing the President that if it ‘be not perfect, it is at least excellent.’ Mr. Maibach’s lecture will help the Waynesburg University community better appreciate the excellence of the electoral college system,” added Dr. Lawrence M. Stratton, professor of ethics and constitutional law and director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership.
