Ronald Weiser
| Ronald Weiser | |
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| Chairman of the Michigan Republican State Committee | |
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In office February 2009 – January 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Saul Anuzis |
| Succeeded by | Robert "Bobby" Schostak |
| 4th United States Ambassador to Slovakia | |
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In office November 26, 2001 – December 19, 2004 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | July 7, 1945 South Bend, Indiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Eileen Weiser |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Profession | Businessman |
Ron Weiser was the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, elected to that office in February 2009, and serving through 2011. Weiser is a 1966 BBA graduate of the University of Michigan.
He was born in South Bend, Indiana on July 7, 1945 and graduated with honors in 1966 from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He also did post-graduate work at the University’s Business and Law Schools. He and Eileen were married in 1983 and live in Ann Arbor with their son, Daniel, born October 1, 2000. The Weisers also have two married children, Elizabeth and Marc, and five grandchildren.
In 1968 Ambassador Weiser founded McKinley Associates Inc., a national real estate investment company and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2001, and again upon his return from Slovakia to the present.
Weiser served on the Boards of Directors of numerous non-profit organizations. Among them he has chaired or co-chaired the National Board of the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning at the University of Michigan, the Detroit Institute of the Arts, United Negro College Fund of Washtenaw County, the Michigan Theater, Artrain USA, and was Treasurer and Finance Chair of The Henry Ford Museum. Together with his wife, Eileen, Ambassador Weiser in 1984 created the McKinley Foundation, a public community foundation. He currently serves as a Trustee or Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, The Henry Ford, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. He is also a member of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business Zell/Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Advisory Board and the University’s Food Allergy Center Advisory Board, The Ambassador and Mrs. Weiser currently serve as Campaign Deputy Chairs of the University’s $4 billion Victors for Michigan Campaign, and the Ambassador is also a member of the $1 billion Campaign for the University’s Health System.
He previously served as Ambassador to Slovakia under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005.
In 2015 Ambassador Weiser announced that his family would donate over $50,000,000 to the University of Michigan
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