UM-Dearborn receives $100,000 computer gift, scholarship endowment

As the holiday season starts to roll in, the University of Michigan-Dearborn is accepting some pretty generous gifts. They include $100,000 in computer hardware, software and accessories and another $350,000 for a U-M Dearborn student scholarship fund.

Pillar Data Systems, which specializes in network storage systems, gave the $100,000 in computer hardware, software and accessories to the university's College of Engineering and Computer Science. The gift will greatly enhance U-M Deaborn's computing capacities.

"The central element of the gift, a piece of hardware called the Pillar Axiom 500, is being used to support our distance-learning programs, research projects by our faculty and student projects in our school," says Subrata Sengupta, a dean of the U-M Dearborn's College of Engineering and Computer Science.

The Pillar Axiom 500 consolidates multiple tiers of applications and data onto a single storage platform. That means its ideal for organizations with large-scale data centers like the U-M Dearborn. The gift also includes operating software and related accessories.

John Junge, once a student at the U-M Dearborn in the 1960s, has given $350,000 to create the Junge Family Endowed Scholarship Fund. That money will go toward students pursuing engineering degrees at the U-M Dearborn, particularly those from the Jackson area where Junge grew up.

Junge came to the U-M Dearborn his senior year to finish his engineering degree so he could take advantage of the school's co-op program with Ford. That led to a job and a career. He now runs All-Star, which provides management and operations service to government and military facilities. It employs more than 1,000 employees in 18 states and Germany.

Source: University of Michigan-Dearborn
Writer: Jon Zemke

UM-Dearborn receives $100,000 computer gift, scholarship endowment

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