Michael Dell to head Bush technology panel

Texas Gov. George W. Bush, front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Wednesday he had set up a panel of high-tech heavyweights to advise him on technology issues during his campaign. Michael Dell, founder and chief executive officer of Texas-based Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL), will chair the committee, the Bush campaign organization said in a statement. Other members include John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems Inc., (Nasdaq:CSCO) Tom Engibous, CEO of Texas Instruments Inc. (Nyse:TXN) and Robert Herbold, chief operating officer of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT)

Bush's statement said that as president he would have three main policy goals in the high-technology field: lifting barriers to innovation, developing a tech-savvy workforce and establishing a stable environment for research and development.

Source: Reuters, 7 July 1999

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