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Phillip Stollman, Prominent
In Educational, Religious Causes

bIn the 1960s, Phillip Stollman
of Mizrachi, the religious Zionist
conceived a development that
organization, approached Mr.
would change Detroit's suburbs.
Stollman about establishing a new
And in the 1950s, he and other
university in Israel that would
Detroiters conceived a university
combine secular education and
that continues to have a marked
Jewish studies.
impact on Israel.
By 1952, led by Mr. Stollman
Mr. Stollman, a past
and other Detroiters,
president of Detroit's Allied
Bar-Ilan University had
Jewish Campaign and Israel
raised enough money to
Bonds, and a major sup-
begin construction in the
porter of modern Orthodox
Tel Aviv area. The school
causes both in Detroit and
opened in 1955 with 70
Israel, died Monday, May 4.
students. Today it has
He was 92.
23,000 students. Phillip •
Mr. Stollman came to
Stollman was named
America from Rubleh,
honorary chairman for
Poland/Russia, in 1921 at
life of the university's
Phillip S tollman
the age of 15. He was the
global board of trustees.
youngest of six brothers. The family
His daughter-in-law Leila
owned a small residential construc-
said Mr. Stollman was "active and
tion firm during the Depression.
feisty" until the end. He had lived
After World War II, the business
at Fleischman Residence in West
flourished as Biltmore Development
Bloomfield the last eight years.
Co. They developed the Evergreen
"He was from a disappearing
Garden Apartments and adjacent
breed," she said, "and he had the
shopping plaza in the Seven Mile -
love of his family and his commu-
Evergreen area, marking a major
nity."
change from single-family develop-
Mr. Stollman is survived by his
ments in the Detroit area.
son and daughter-in-law, Gerald
In the 1960s, Mr. Stollman
"Jerry" and Leila Stollman of West
conceived the Somerset apart-
Bloomfield; daughters, Shirley
ments, plaza and mall in Troy, the
Latessa of New York, Annette
first development of its kind in the
Lancey of Seattle and Rochelle
Midwest.
Fang of New York; grandchildren,
But the family was also active in
Gary and Rhonda Ran, Wendy
Jewish causes. He, his brother Max
and Rainer Gronwalde, Lauren
and sister-in-law Frieda were
and Mark Getchell, David and
founders, builders and major bene-
Frances Ran, Rachel Latessa,
factors of Young Israel of Oak-
Gabrielle Latessa, Gina and Sgt.
Woods on Coolidge in Oak Park
David Morrison, Jennifer
and the three also contributed
Stollman, Tori Stollman, Melissa
heavily to the Stollman Education
Fang, Elana and Segi Genger, and
Center of Akiva Hebrew Day
Leah Fang; great-grandchildren,
School.
Matthew, Michael, Jeffrey, Elise,
In addition, Mr. Stollman was a
Hannah, Miriam and Noah.
board member of Sinai Hospital.
In 1952, Dr. Pinchas Churgin
—Alan Hitsky

DAVID ADLER, 80, former

Detroiter of Northridge, Calif., died
April 28.
He is survived by his wife,
Shirley; children, Manya (Dr. Paul
Warnick), Stephen (Yvette), Rochelle
(Jeffrey Fishman), Elissa (Dr. Bruce
Fishman), Janet (Lee Karson); grand-
hildren, Matthew, Toby, Aaron,
Nina, Natasha, Nathan, Katlin,
Danielle, Lauren, Brittany, Rachel;
brothers, Eli, Mac, Harry, Oscar,
Michael.

HARRY BALKANY, 83, of Livonia,
died April 29. Mr. Balkany was a

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Cadillac inspector.
He is survived by his wife, Naomi
Balkany; sons and daughter-in-law,
Alan Balkany of Ann Arbor, Basil
and Jody Balkany of Ferndale;
daughter and son-in-law, Adrienne
and Daryl Kokoszka of Austin,
Texas; grandchildren, Troy and
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Campaign,
Caring for a
Lifetime.

ANNE BINE former Detroiter of

Los Angeles, died April 22.
She is survived by her children,
Shelley and Jim Sworzya; grandchild,
Darren; sister and brother-in-law,

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