LIFESTYLES Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Summer of '89 BACKYARD BAR-B-Q BASH PROFILE WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 7:00 p.m. Sheldon Friedman: UAW Researcher CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ Local Columnist for myself, who will be? If I'm only for myself, what am I?' " Maple/Drake Building Advance Tickets $10.00 per person (must be purchased by July 18) . Tickets at the door $12.00 per person • Dinner • Live Music by Sunset Boulevard • Cash Bar • Casual Dress Purchase tickets of the Singles Office and Front Lobby Reception Desk. For further informotion call, Lennie Gunsberg of 661-1000 ext. 347. NAME: Sheldon Friedman AGE: 40 OCCUPATION: Director of Research, OMNI GALLERIES Contemporary Art At Unbelievable Prices United Auto Workers (UAW) (Directs professional staff responsible for economic analysis in support of UAW collective bargaining, organizing and political action programs) RESIDENCE: Southfield FAMILY: He is married to Marjorie Lifsen, a clinical social worker. His mother, Tillie Friedman, resides in the Detroit area. EDUCATION: A Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Thchnology (MIT). He is a Ph.D. degree candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lithographs, Serigraphs & Originals Botello Peter Max John Lennon Authouart Jiang HeNing Vasarely Byron Popi and Many More ORGANIZATIONS: American Economic Association, Industrial Relations Research Association and Americans for a Progressive Israel Personal Showings By Appointment Only 626-6821 •••• eass.•••• ■■ •••••••••••••• ■ • • Film to Video Transfer • • • Transfer Movies 8mm-16mm to VHS or Beta • • 401-600 FEET $39.00 • • 1-200 FEET $20.00 • • 201-400 FEET $26.00 • 601-800 FEET $52.00 • 801-1000 FEET $65.00 • s r • • • Film over 1,000 feet add 6; a foot. Tape $8.00 Additional 3017 N. Woodward • (3 Blks. South of 13 Miler • Royal Oak • • CCIIITUra : • CAME. 10./A\ BUY—SELL—TRADE Daily & Sat. 10 6, Fri. 10 8 • 288-5444 • - - •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 76 FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1989 BACKGROUND: Sheldon Friedman was born in Fall River, Mass. His father, Nat, was an industrial engineer, who worked in the garment industry. His family lived in North Carolina and Virginia. He spent many years growing up in Lynchburg, Va., where he was graduated from high school. At an early age he was fascinated with factories. He would go on monthly factory tours with his father's engineering association. "I found that fascinating, when I saw things being created;' said Friedman. 'When Friedman entered MIT, he was attracted to economics. "I saw that as a field where I could have both stimulating and challenging work and apply it to something that matters in people's lives." He describes his work and interest in labor as a crossroads between social work and science. After receiving his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1970, he began working on his Ph.D. degree in economics. Three years later Friedman also was an instructor of economics at Tufts University. In 1974, he was on the FAVORITE BOOK: The Other America by Michael Harrington and The World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe. For light reading, he enjoys authors Robert Ludlum and Elmore Leonard. HOBBIES: "I'm a workaholic but I enjoy reading, travel and the theater." LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: He was recently guest of the New Zealand government and a keynote speaker at a seminar on its proposed "social compact" between business and the government. PHILOSOPHY: "To quote Hillel 'If I'm not He describes his work as a crossroads between social work and science. research staff at the Center for Policy Alternatives at MIT, where he became interested in health and safety in the workplace. While working on his Ph.D. degree, a position became available with the UAW in 1975, and he was hired as a research associate. Since 1981, he has held the position of research director. His doctoral course work is complete, but he still has to finish the dissertation. In addition to providing economic analysis to the UAW staff, Friedman has published many articles in economic journals including the Harvard Business Review. In 1988, he was a delegate to the International Labor Organization Metal Trades Committee in Geneva and was a guest speaker at the 25th International Labor Seminar invited by the metalworking unions of Japan. Governor James Blanchard appointed him to the Great Lakes Governors Economic Development Commission. Friedman enjoys working behind the scenes for the laborers and is supportive of their cause: "Working people are unsung heroes because our standard of living depends on the work that they do."