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Barbara Stollman: Community Leader

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LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: "Taking nine
people to Israel, including my father
and father-in-law, to celebrate my
nephew's bar mitzvah. It was like a
wheelchair brigade. It was quite an
accomplishment since I served as party
planner and tour guide!'

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NAME: Barbara Ruth Stollman

AGE: 47

OCCUPATION: Mother and professional
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25784 Middlebelt Road

(Mid - Eleven Center)

Farmington Hills, MI 48018

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1989

RESIDENCE: Bloomfield lbwnship
FAMILY: Married to Bernard Stollman,
developer and part owner of Biltmore
Properties Co. Three children: Karin,
attending University of Michigan for a
master's degree in social work; David,
attending Wharton School of Business
at the University of Pennsylvania; Dan,
attending Cranbrook. Sister, Edie Katz,
is a landscape designer and resides in
Santa Fe, N.M. Father, Sam Katz, lives
in Southfield.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of philosophy
degree from Wayne State's Monteith
College with an education degree from
WSU.

SYNAGOGUE: Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.

ORGANIZATIONS: National women's
chairman for State of Israel Bonds.
Stollman is an active fund-raiser for
several organizations and board member
for Jewish Family Service, Cong.
Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood and Women's
Division of the United Jewish Appeal.

FAVORITE BOOK: "I read lots of different
books. Some of the books I have recently
read include: Fear No Evil by Natan
Sharansky, In a Dark Wood Wandering
by Hella S. Haasse and Golda by Ralph
G. Martin?'

HOBBIES: "I used to be a good golfer.
I'm an avid reader, and I love to travel?'

PHILOSOPHY: "Because I'm a dedicated
mother, my most important goal is to
see the people I care about self-
sufficient and healthy. I extend my
caring into the Jewish community
because the Jewish community is my
extended family!'
BACKGROUND: Barbara Katz Stollman
grew up in Detroit on Hartwell. Her
father, Sam Katz, was in charge of
maintenance at Hudson's, while her
mother Eva was a homemaker. Stollman
attended Vernor School through the
eighth grade and in January, 1960, was
in the graduating class of Mumford
High School.
As a youngster, she enjoyed ice
skating and making jewelry. She has
fond memories of her father taking her
to sporting events. During her teenage
years she was involved in Temple Israel
Youth Group and B'nai B'rith Girls
(BBG). She recalls campaigning for the
United Jewish Appeal as part of a BBG
event.
Her university years were spent at
Monteith College, a former renaissance
college at Wayne State University.
During college she met her future
husband Bernard through his sister,
Sandy Stollman Greenstone. In 1963
they were married.
Stollman was a teacher at
Longfellow Elementary School for one
year before raising a family. Just after
the birth of her daughter in 1966, she
went to Israel and found the trip
inspiring. She recalls visiting a bomb
shelter and thinking that she couldn't
walk away without helping the country.
"I gave my first pledge as a young
married and have been doubling it ever
since?' Stollman acknowledges that her
active fundraising abilities were
encouraged by her good friend, Tillie
Brandwine, and her late mother-in-law,
Frieda Stollman.
Another good friend, Doreen
Hermelin, was responsible for Barbara's
involvement with Israel Bonds.
Stollman began working with Israel
Bonds eight years ago and is now the
national women's chairman. She admits
this is a full time job but acknowledges
that she rarely says no to community
involvement.
She is a past president of the
American Women for Bar-Ilan
University. The Stollman family helped
create Bar-Ilan and they recently