Jack Lavin and Promega Corporation

The International Internship Program Fund was established in 2005 with a lead gifts from Jack Lavin’76 and Promega Corporation. As a UW student, Jack was a member of the International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences and spent a summer working at a Swedish bank. Today, Jack is president and CEO of Arrow Financial Services LLC, in Niles, Illinois. Jack shares that, “I benefited from an internship abroad and I feel this will make a difference for the students. I met some of the students and found they are genuinely interested in understanding how to connect academia with real world challenges and using their international experiences to apply to their academics once they returned to the UW.” Originally founded in 1978 in Madison, Promega has branches in 16 countries and more than 50 global distributors serving 100 countries. With a portfolio of more than 4,000 products covering the fields of genomics, protein analysis and expression, cellular analysis, drug discovery and genetic identity, Promega is a global leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to life scientists in academic, industrial and government settings. Promega products are used by life scientists who are asking fundamental questions about biological processes as well as by scientists who are applying scientific knowledge to diagnose and treat diseases, discover new therapeutics, and use genetics and DNA testing for human identification.