John M. Kucharski

John M. Kucharski, JD ’65

John M. Kucharski, JD ’65, had a remarkable career developing submarine, missile, and nuclear weapons technology, culminating in his position as chairman and CEO of publicly traded Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc., prior to its 1999 merger with PerkinElmer Inc.  John and his wife Marilyn, a registered nurse, established the John M. and Marilyn K. Kucharski Public Interest Fellowship through a charitable remainder unitrust.  The Fellowship is to be used for loan reimbursement for students who engage in full-time public-interest work.  Kucharski says of the Fellowship, “My thought always was, which goes back to my parents, that the people who have a little more are expected to give a little more.”  He also gives back in appreciation for the opportunities that arose out of his decision to attend GW Law. He commented that “A legal education gets you to think differently and look at a problem in more ways than one; it is a pedigree.”