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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989
Health Care, Jewish
Professional N. Silver
Norma Silver, founding
director of the Jewish Infor-
mation Service, senior consul-
tant to the Jewish Welfare
Federation Planning Depart-
ment and a health care pro-
fessional for more than 40
years, died Nov. 8 at age 71.
Mrs. Silver, formerly direc-
tor of Federation's Neighbor-
hood Project, had been
associate administrator of
Sinai Hospital until 1982,
when she joined the Federa-
tion staff.
She was coordinating the
completion of a report by the
Federation Disabilities Task
Force and was in charge of im-
plementing its recommenda-
tions. As an outgrowth of her
work with a special Federa-
tion task force on services to
the noninstitutionalized
elderly, the Jewish Informa-
tion Service was created to
provide assistance and refer-
rals by phone.
Under her direction, the
Jewish Information Service
established a transportation
service for the homebound
- elderly, as well as a weekly
walk-in medical screening
process for older adults at the
Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish
Community Center, in
cooperation with Sinai
Hospital.
Mrs. Silver joined the Sinai
staff in 1964 as assistant ad-
ministrator to the chairman
of the Department of
Psychiatry. She was promoted
several times and was respon-
sible for the day-to-day opera-
tions of many hospital depart-
ments. She helped the Sinai
Guild develop Service With
Love, a friendly caller service
that links volunteers with the
homebound aged.
Larry Ziffer, Jewish Welfare
Federation director of plann-
ing and agency relations,
described Mrs. Silver as an
enormously talented profes-
sional who had the ability to
solve problems that others
would only talk about. "She
could take a broad concept
and develop it into a concrete
program. If the Neighborhood
Project is a success today, it is
because Norma Silver was
there, nurturing it along,
establishing important com-
munity connections with her
talent and personality."
Mrs. Silver was a native of
New York and held a
bachelor's degree in biology
from Hunter College and
master's degrees in zoology
and pbulic health administra-
tion from the University of
Michigan.
In 1943, she joined the staff
of United Community Ser-
vices as health planning con-
sultant. She was an associate
administrator at Lakeside
General Hospital and
Medical Center, then was in-
volved in the establishment of
the Abbey Convalescent and
Nursing Home. When
Metropolitan Hospital was
organized, Mrs. Silver served
as board member and then
administrator.
She was a member of the
Jewish Family Service ad-
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Norma Silver
visory committee on prob-
lems of the aging and Federa-
tion's medical coordinating
committee.
Mrs. Silver served on the
board of the Hospice of
Southeastern Michigan. She
was a member of the Gover-
nor's Commission on the
Employment of the Handicap-
ped, Governor's Study Corn- –
mission on the Problems of
Aging, Mayor's Commission
on Community Relations, Ex-
ecutive Committee of the
Detroit Regional Hospital
Survey Committee and the
President's Commission on
Health Needs of the Nation.
She was a member of the
board of directors and chair-
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man of the Wayne County
Chapter of the Muscular
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Dystrophy Association and
the Governor's Task Force on
Housing for the elderly.
Mrs. Silver leaves a
daughter, Laurie of Ann Ar-
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bor; son and daughter-in-law,
Dr. Alan and Denise; and
granddaughter, all of New
York; and a sister and IP 1
brother-in-law, Carol and Dr.
Daniel Siegel of Pasadena,
Calif.
Funeral services will be
held 10 a.m. Nov. 10 at Kauf-
man Chapel.
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