Jack Baskin

Jack Baskin
Born(1919-09-20)September 20, 1919[1]
Upstate New York
DiedJanuary 12, 2020(2020-01-12) (aged 100)
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
SpousePeggy Downes Baskin

Jack Baskin (September 20, 1919 – January 12, 2020) was an American philanthropist, engineer, and businessman in California, especially near Silicon Valley. He was the founder of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz,[2] one of the founding members of the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz, and director of the Peggy & Jack Baskin Foundation with his wife, Peggy Downes Baskin.[1]

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  2. ^ "Developer Jack Baskin Gives $5 Million for UC Santa Cruz Engineering School". Associated Press. 17 May 1997 – via LA Times.