■ 1111011MMIIIIIIMIM 111111111111111=11111 point Ouf, Thai Diamonds Can Provide Him_ Willi An Obvious Advanfage. A T E C 0 NI P I L e D E3 V S T E N.f E S T E I NI Awards program. AIA Michigan is a society of the American In- stitute of Architects. A jury from AIA Minnesota selected 11 award-winning pro- jects in four categories from among 70 submissions by ar- chitectural firms from across Michigan. Mr. Neumann won for his design of the George Brostoff and Connie Brown res- idence in Dexter. The Diamond Tennis Bracelet. So versatile, you can wear it on the court or on the town. We will be happy to show him our wide variety. I. William Cohen Hilda Gage HILDA GAGE, chief judge of ( ittri llYte ‘1 Est. 1919 Fine Jewelers Rill /let Hre Sillce I 919 30400 Telegraph Rd. Suite 134, Bingham Farms • 642-5575 STOCKS TAX-FREE BONDS MUTUAL FUNDS T F X First of Michigan Corporation X E Members New York Stock Exchange, Inc P FoM INVESTMENTS T Herman Schwartz U Senior Vice President - Investments T T R U 6230 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 230 West Bloomfield, MI 48323 S (810) 855-2100 1-800-654-1443 T N A N A L P A N N N G S I. TAX DEFERRED ANNUITIES IRAs MONEY MANAGEMENT Mercedes Benz • 17 Years Experience With Mercedes Benz • The Best in Personalized Service • The Best Price with No Hassle • No High Pressure - Only STRAIGHT TALK! • Pick-up & Delivery with a Loaner Car • From "C" Class to "S" Class - Whatever You Desire! • Lease or Buy - New or Used PAUL MILGRIM Gratiot at 8 Mile -1 WOOD MOTORS (313) 245-0619 or 372-2600 the Oakland County Circuit Court, received the first Award of Judicial Excellence from the National Conference of State Trial Judges at the American Bar Association's annual con- vention in New Orleans. Criteria for the honor includ- ed excellence of character, job performance or achievement Sal Gorge while a judge of a court or gen- eral jurisdiction, and service to SAL GORGE, a former West the bench, bar and community. Bloomfield resident who is now Judge Gage was first elected a life insurance agent specializ- to the Sixth Judicial Circuit ing in estate planning and cor- Court bench in 1978. She was porate benefit plans in Boca re-elected for additional six-year Raton, Fla., is a Top of the Table member this year. terms in 1986 and 1992. Outstanding sales achieve- The owner of bachelor's and ment and client service are the master's degrees from the Uni- versity of Michigan, Judge Gage criteria for Top of the Table graduated magna cum laude membership. Of the 19,000 Mil- from the Wayne State Univer- lion Dollar Round Table mem- sity Law School in 1971. She bers from approximately 50 worked as a schoolteacher while countries, only about 500 qual- ify annually for the Top of the she was attending law school. Table. A graduate of Detroit Central High School and Wayne State University, Mr. Gorge lived in West Bloomfield for more than 40 years. ization Group, which is develop- ing short and long-term strategies to improve the effectiveness of the more than 1,700 U.S. Employ- ment Service offices in communi- ties across the country. A nationally-recognized bank- ruptcy lawyer, Mr. Cohen will provide an independent ap- praisal of the U.S. Employment Service based on the techniques and disciplines he uses to eval- uate a corporate enterprise. STACEY KAPLAN has been promoted to divisional vice pres- ident, compensation and bene- fits by the Troy-based Kmart Corporation. Ms. Kaplan is responsible for the administration of compen- sation as well as the planning, design, implementation and administration of benefit pro- grams. She previously was director, compensation for Kmart. Before joining the company in 1990, Ms. Kaplan was senior manag- ROSS PARTRICH, president of RHP Properties, has been named one of the new co-chairs of the associate producers group for the Music Hall Center for Performing Arts. I. 'WILLIAM COHEN, a senior partner with the law firm of Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz in Detroit, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor Kenneth Neumann to design and carry out a study KENNETH NEUMANN, of to evaluate the assets and lia- Neumann Smith & Associates bilities of the Federal-State U.S. Inc. in Southfield, was a winner Employment Service. in the building category in the Mr. Cohen will be working with 1994 AIA Michigan Honor the Employment Service Revital- Stacey Kaplan er of human resources consult- ing for Ernst and Young and group vice president, director of compensation and benefits for Michigan National Corp.