The Michigan Upper Peninsula was always a special place for Jack Peurach, ’87 mechanical engineering. His whole family loved living in the U.P. surrounded by towering pines, crystal-clear lakes and endless skies.
Both John and Sharon Peurach were determined that their son would go to college after high school. And he did! Just like his grandmother and mother, Peurach attended MSU — a third generation Spartan.
As an enterprising graduate from the College of Engineering, he went on to complete an M.S. from UC Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Wharton Business School. Peurach’s successful career as an engineer, management consultant and entrepreneur took him from the “northern coast” to the west coast, where he eventually settled with his wife, Meryl Katz, and family.
He never forgot the university along the Red Cedar, and the U.P., where his story began. “Michigan State was way more important in my career, my development, than any other place,” Jack says. The couple began to talk about making a gift to support students.
Named in honor of Peurach’s parents, the John and Sharon Peurach Endowed Scholarship, was established to support students from the U.P. who plan to pursue a degree from MSU.
Read more about the John and Sharon Peurach Endowed Scholarship and the students who have benefited from the award.
Original Story by Amelia Shugar appeared on the Spartan Alumni website
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