In Review
ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE: A $3 million gift commitment from Mark ’67S (MBA) and Carolyn Ain (above) will help “educate the George Eastmans of the future,” says Mark Zupan, dean of the Simon School. (Photo: Simon School)There’s more than luck involved in getting a good idea off the ground.
Mark Ain ’67S (MBA), a University trustee and cofounder and chairman of Kronos Inc.—a workforce management company based in Chelmsford, Mass.—knows that well. So he and his wife, Carolyn, have made a $3 million gift commitment to support entrepreneurship education and scholarships at the Simon School as well as to support the University’s Technology Development Fund.
“The power of human capital and the ideas that are generated out of that creativity and drive are the future for our economy,” says Mark Zupan, dean of the Simon School.
Ain is a longtime supporter of entrepreneurship at the University. Since 2007, the Mark Ain Business Model Workshops and Competition have been open to students at all levels of study, University-wide. Ain’s support of the Center for Entrepreneurship has enabled students to contribute to economic development in the Rochester region through internships designed to bolster small businesses and the community.
“Mark Ain is a perfect example of the success that is born from hard work and the entrepreneurial spirit,” Zupan says. “Thanks to his and Carolyn’s generosity, we’ll be able to educate the George Eastmans and Bill Gateses and Oprah Winfreys of the future—and for that, we are immensely grateful.”
Kucko is director of marketing and communications for the Simon School.
