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October 26, 1990 - Image 58

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1990-10-26

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BUSINESS

Art

Temple
Beth El
Sisterhood
7th Holiday
Bazaar

Judaica, Oriental

Mystic Phoenix

Glass

Continued from preceding page

Gourmet Foods

Books

Jewelry

Costume, Designer,
Semi-Precious, Crystal,
Faux, Acrylic, Sterling
Silver, etc. . . .

Ceramics

Contemporary Clay Works,
Judaica

Sunday,
November 4

Children's
Clothes, Wall Hangings,
Accessories, Shoes,
Infants, Bibs

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ladies'
Leather Bags
Hand Painted Silks
Clothes

Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Birmingham

Wall Hangings

Sweats

Visa/MasterCard
Accepted

Accessories

Unique Gift Items

Admission $1.00
Light Lunch Available

Cosmetics

Educatinoal Toys

FREE PARKING

and More & More & More &

HOLIDAY
SPECIAL

BROKEN WINDSHIELD

42 6•00

SAVE $25.00

• When you pay cash/or off your deductible • Must be replaced in shop
• Domestic cars only
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So.
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PURITAN AUTO GLASS

Offer Expires 12/1/90 — By Appointment

$5000 OFF ANY DEDUCTIBLE

On Collision Over $500.00
Conditional FREE Loaner Car — Please present ad with order

FREE RUB-OUT with any collision job over $5000°

10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE — BODY REPAIR — PAINT WORK

• Corvette & Mustang Specialists • Insurance Claims • Touch Ups

Puritan
Auto Service
355-1200

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p.m. sat. S a.m.-Noon

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1990

Lenny's
Body Shop
357-3020

ALL
WORK
GUARANTEED

2 1 547 Telegraph

ILINI

south

of

Ninc \1iI

44,

nny's
dy
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N1 1 S a.m. 5 p.m., Sat. S a.m.-noon

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assembled in Ann Arbor and
all testing takes place locally.
Mr. Amster said the corn-
pany is experimenting with
producing tape drives that
use the technology of the DAT
(digital audio tape) to store an
even higher capacity than the
20,000 pages that a single
small cartridge now can hold.
Mr. Amster was born in
Brooklyn and received a
business degree from
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He came to
Michigan in 1963 to work for
Ford.
A few years later, he
became treasurer and vice-
president of Jacobson Stores.
He left Jacobson's six years
later, to work at Sycor Inc., a
company that built computer
terminals, begun by Sam
Irwin.
When Mr. Irwin sold Sycor
in 1978, Mr. Amster followed
him to his new company, Ir-
win International. Mr.
Amster has continued his in-
volvement with Jacobson's as
a • member of the board of
directors and is a board direc-
tor on a handful of other
companies.
In addition, Mr. Amster has
continually made an active
commitment to take part in
numerous fund-raising and
other charitable activities
within the community.
Some of his involvements
include being department
chair-major firms for
Washtenaw County United
Way and co-chair of the
capital campaign of the
Ronald McDonald House ad-
jacent to the University of
Michigan Hospital, Ann Ar-
bor. He is also on the board of
directors of the American-
Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Amster has been
recognized throughout the
state for his business and
community contributions. He
was named Michigan's
outstanding entrepreneur of
the year in 1986 by the Coun-
cil of Great Lakes Governors.
In 1987, he was named the
Michigan Industrialist of the
Year.
Last month, Mr. Amster
was honored by the Jewish
National Fund with a dinner
in his honor and presented
with the Tree of Life Award,
the highest honor JNF
bestows. Laurie Nosanchuk,
NJF assistant director, said a
forest of 10,000 trees will be
established in his honor at
the American Independence
Park in Israel.
Ms. Nosanchuk attested to
Mr. Amster's modesty, saying
he called her the day before
the dinner to confirm that the
event was on as planned.
Said Ms. Nosanchuk, "We
had 450 people at the dinner,

one of the biggest gatherings.
His fans came from all over
the country — New York,
California, Chicago."
She added, "It is an annual
humanitarian award. We look
for qualities of outstanding
community involvement and
dedication to a cause. Herb is
our dream come true."
In 1988, Mr. Amster
chaired the first conference
sponsored by the American-
Israel Chamber of Commerce
that brought together Israeli
industries with complemen-
tary American companies.
"Because of his visibility
and business networking, he
was able to bring together a
wide range of people and give
them the opportunity to meet
their market for the first
time," said Shelly Komer-
Jackier, executive director of
the American-Israel
Chamber of Commerce.
While Mr. Amster has
retired his role as chairman of
Irwin Magnetics, his commit-
ment to community service
makes it clear he is not plan-
ning on retiring.
"It is hard to slow down.
When you are used to runn-
ing, you continue to run?'

Mr. Amster said he and his
wife, Carol, plan on taking
time out to visit their three
children, who all live in
California. But he has not
been enthralled by the
California climate and
lifestyle and has no interest
in leaving the city where he
built his success.
Mt Amster said he plans to
continue putting in a full
work week at his office north
of Plymouth Road in Ann Ar-
bor. But instead of acting as
chairman of Irwin Magnetics,
Mr. Amster will be focusing
on some of his other
activities.
Mr. Amster, who suffers
from Lupus, is an honorary
board member of the Lupus
Foundation of America.
Lupus is a chronic inflam-
matory disease in which the
body's immune system, in-
stead of serving its normal
protective functions, forms
antibodies that attack
healthy tissues and organs.
Through medication and an
ongoing relationship with the
University of Michigan
Medical Center, Mt Amster
said he has kept the effects of
Lupus under control.
He has been a member of
the board of directors of
Washtenaw County United
Jewish Appeal, the Jewish
Community Center and Beth
Israel Congregation. He was
a member of the National
Young Leadership Council of
the United Jewish Appeal
and past president of Temple
Beth Israel in Jackson. 0

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