Michael C Lin

Michael C. Lin, over the years, has assumed many leadership roles within the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), including serving as the National Executive Director (2007-08), as the first Chair of the Building Campaign (2003-04) and four years as the National President (1995-98). As a biomedical research scientist at NIH, Michael contributed to a Nobel Prize and his work was described in his mentor’s Nobel Lecture. After more than 30 years of service, Michael recently retired from the National Institutes of Health as a Program Director where his responsibilities included nurturing and funding cutting-edge research in cardiovascular field. He is currently a member of Maryland Council for New Americans, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Montgomery College in Maryland and a member of the “Committee of 100.” Michael emigrated from Taiwan, China to the U.S. more than 40 years ago. He obtained his doctorate degree in Georgia. His wife recently retired from managing a hotel for more than 20 years. Their son is an aerospace engineer working at Boeing in Seattle and their daughter is a practicing physician in Portland, Oregon.