(1, 38 Friday, September 30, 197 7 THE DETROIT JEWISH. NEWS Pharmacist, chain rstore . ••••••••• •• magnate and philanthropist • Nate S. Shapero celebrated • • RACQUET BALL • . his 85th birthday Tuesday. Shapero. honorary chair- EQUIPMENT : man of Cunningham Drug • _ • Stores, Inc., has served the AT LOWEST PRICES: Jewish community with dis- • tinction. Long active in the • • Jewish Welfare Federation SHOES •. • (the Allied Jewish Cam- • • paign first topped the $2 • . SHORTS • • million mark when he was • • . TOPS • chairman in 1946). he con- . • • . WARM UPS • • . RACQUETS • • • . BALLS • • • :LOVE & SPORTS' Free Ear Piercing* $6 95 Daily • EVERGREEN & 12 MILE • • Evergreen Plaza • Southfield • • • Your Something Special Shoppe •• • • • • • • • • • • 545-1399 • • 557-4418 • • "with purchase of starter earrings" vir.,di - System • safe • painless • quick Oak Park Shopping Center 22128 Coolidge Hwy. Oak Park, Mich. 48237 tinues to serve on Feder- ation's Board of Governors and on the boards of the Detroit Service Group. the Jewish Community Center and Sinai Hospital. He is a past director of the American Joint Distri- bution Committee, a former trustee of the Union of American Hebrew Congre- gations and a past president of Temple Beth El. A native Detroiter, Sha- pero was a chief pharma- cist's mate in the U.S. Navy during World War I. In 1918, at the age of 26, he opened his first store, the Econom- ical Drug Store at Cass and Ledyard. In 1931, when the Economical chain num- bered 43 stores, the corn- pany merged with the 18- store Cunningham chain. DR. KENNETH R. LAWRENCE Podiatrist -Foot Specialist Announces The Association of DR. JAMES MOTYL for the practice of podiatry-foot surgery 24300 Orchard Lake Road Farmington Hills, MI 48018 - 476-1616 2399 Coolidge Bet. 11-12 Mile 546-5504 SPECIAL SALE! ENTIRE STOCK 25% OFF NATE SHAPERO He has also served as chairman of the boards of the 50-store Marshall Drug Co. in Cleveland and the Broward Drug Co. in Ft. Lauderdale. Fla. He has been a director of the Warner Lambert phar- maceutical company and is a past president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. In 1954 he was awarded the BE HAIR FREE ELECTROLYSIS $7.50 1 /2 hr. Latest medically approved dermatology equipment used Mrs. S. Steiner 35 Years Experience Doctors Referrals 644-0909 COME NEXT DOOR BLOOMFIELD-KEEGO RESALE SHOP 3369 ORCHARD LAKE RD. COOKIE 4 Retailer of the Year Award from the Brand Names Foundation. Shapero's major philan- thropies have been in the field of education. In 1944 he - added a war veterans' scholarship program to the 32 scholarships already available to Cunningham employees interested in attending Wayne University or the Detroit Institute of Technology. As a result he was awarded honorary degrees from Ferris Institute (where he gradu- ated in 1921) and the Uni- versity of Detroit. which he has served as trustee. He is also a board member of the Weizmann Institute and a fellow of Brandeis University. Shapero. a past president of Sinai Hospital and the Cunningham Foundation. gave $500,000 to build the Shapero School of Nursing at Sinai. He later proYided the funds for an addition which doubled the size of the school. The pharmacy building at Wayne State University 'also bears the Shapero name. In 1965 the Jewish com- munity named him the recipient of the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award in recognition of his out- standing contributions. Shapero has rendered inumerable other services to Detroit. He is former fire commissioner. past presi- dent of the Michigan State Welfare Commission, direc- tor of the Hundred Club (which aids families of deceased Detroit firemen and policemen), and past board member of the Boys Club of Detroit and of the Detroit Metropolitan Coun- cil of -Boy Scouts of Amer- ica. He is a former vice president of the United Foundation. Greater Detroit Hospital Fund and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. During World War II he was a "dollar-a-year" man for the U.S. Treasury Department, national chair- man of the multiple stores section for the sale of war bonds. a member of the board of the Detroit War Chest and chairman of the retail division of the Wayne County war finance committee. For his work on behalf of the city he was honored in a 1952 testimonial resolution. Shapero has been married to the former Ruth Bern- stein for more than 53 years. 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