DONOR FEATURE, Jim and Sue Pajakowski, Michal Grant Pajakowski Endowed Scholarship

MICHAEL GRANT PAJAKOWSKI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

Jim Pajakowski, a 1982 graduate of ISU, and his wife Sue made an estate gift of $900,000 to fund in perpetuity the existing Michael Grant Pajakowski Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship was established in honor of the couple’s late son and will aid students from lower-income areas in Chicago who need financial assistance to continue their education at ISU. The Pajakowskis also pledged $325,000 over 10 years to support scholarship awards, totaling a $1.22 million gift.

“We have many blessings, including a quality education that resulted because we had the means, a strong support system, and people that believed in us and encouraged us along the way. Our gift to ISU is designed to give others some of the same blessings so they can achieve their dreams.” — Jim Pajakowski, ’82