校友 are Living Examples of Idaho Inspiration
当他11岁时, 新德里Meshri and his family were among the 25 million people displaced when British India broke into the separate countries of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Resettling along religious lines, 这个家庭, 像无数其他人一样, left behind everything they owned. They arrived in India with just the clothes on their backs. To help keep 这个家庭 afloat, he and his brother made up individual packets of laundry soap, which they sold door-to-door by bicycle.
今天, Meshri is president and CEO of one of the world’s largest specialty chemical production companies, which he founded in 1987 in Catoosa, OK. He credits his success to the University of Idaho, where he earned a doctorate in chemistry thanks to a scholarship.
“If I didn’t have that scholarship, maybe I would have been a hawker selling things on the streets of India,他说.
幸运的是, his scholarship to Idaho helped launch his career as one of the world’s foremost fluorine chemists.
“A scholarship can be the first brick in the foundation of someone’s life,Meshri说, affectionately called “Doc” by his employees and friends.
“Scholarship funding is essential. A university builds your character and your future. Education is thinking power. And thinking brings creativity. Creativity brings new technologies. 奖学金 provide a better life to the younger generation and as donors, we also enjoy knowing that we played a part in that,他说.
A long-time supporter of the university and 理学院, Meshri has also established a scholarship endowment, with preference given to a female student, 为了纪念他的去世, 深爱的妻子, Indurani, 一个地球化学家.
在他早年, his donations were modest – as was his income, 他说, but adds that small gifts by many add up to new futures when pooled.
“We inspire others as living examples.他说.
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