Burke Commits $10M Gift

Burke Commits $10M Gift

Formalizing a $10 million gift to Mississippi State’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in late September was university alumnus and donor Fred P. Burke, center, MSU President Mark E. Keenum, left, and MSU Vice President for Development and Alumni John Rush. Burke is president, CEO and co-founder of one of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical service companies, Guardian Pharmacy Services.

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Formalizing a $10 million gift to Mississippi State’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in late September was university alumnus and donor Fred P. Burke, center, MSU President Mark E. Keenum, left, and MSU Vice President for Development and Alumni John Rush. Burke is president, CEO and co-founder of one of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical service companies, Guardian Pharmacy Services.