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Judge Victor J. Baum

School and was editor of the Harvard
Law Review. He joined the legal staff
of the Ford Motor Company, and
later was a partner in the law firm of
udge Victor J. Baum, of
Marx & Levy.
Bloomfield Hills, a mainstay
In 1955, Governor G. Mennen
of the Wayne County Circuit
Williams
appointed him as a Wayne
Court for 27 years, died April
County circuit judge,
6 in Sarasota, Fla. He was
and he was returned by
75.
the voters until he
Judge Baum was dedi-
stepped down in 1982.
cated to community ser-
'As a judge, he was very
vice and civil rights. He
grateful for the support
was first president of the
he got from the Jewish
Regional Advisory Board
community," said his
of the Anti-Defamation
wife
of 53 years, Zena
League and was a mem-
Etkin
Baum.
ber of the NAACP On
After
leaving the
the bench he advocated
bench,
he
practiced law
children's interests and
with the firm of
marriage counseling in
Dickinson, Wright and
divorce cases. He was a
taught
law at Wayne
Victor J. Baum
charter member and a
State
University
and the
former board member of
University
of
Detroit.
Temple Israel.
Judge Baum is also survived by
"He was such an able scholar, hard-
his
son and daughter-in-law,
working and dedicated to the com-
Daniel
and Hiromi Baum of
munity," said former Wayne County
Japan; daughters and son-in-law
Circuit Judge Michael L. Stacey.
Barbara Baum of West Bloomfield,
His cousin, attorney Martin Baum,
Eleanor Baum of Ferndale,
said, "He was part of the intellectual
Jacqueline
and Robert Bechek of
core of the Wayne Circuit bench. He
Needham,
Mass;
grandchildren
was a very dignified man and a man
Michael,
Rachel
and
Sophia
of great compassion."
Bechek;
sister
Dr.
Pearl
Hauser of
Judge Baum attended Central
Southfield.
High School and the University of
Interment at Beth El Memorial
Michigan. An infantryman during
Park. Contributions may be directed
World War II, he was wounded
to the Coville Apartments, do Jewish
behind German lines and received the
Family Service, 24123 Greenfield Rd.,
Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Southfield, MI 48075. Arrangements
After the war, he graduated with
by the Ira Kaufman Chapel. E
highest honors from Harvard Law

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MEYER BARANOV, 80, of
Southfield, died April 7.
He is survived by his wife, Raya
Baranov; son and daughter-in-law
Sam and Lily Baron of Farmington
Hills; daughter and son-in-law Anna
and Abe Dobrusin of Farmington
Hills; grandchildren Irina and Allen
Tsinober, Daniel Baron; great-grand-
child Elana Tsinober.
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SAM DORFMAN, 79, of Redford,
died April 10.
Mr. Dorfman is survived by his son

and daughter-in-law, Steven and
Brenda Dorfman of Redford; daugh-
ters and son-in-law Jeri and Gordon
Korby of Pickerington, Ohio, Ellen
Garrick of Bloomfield Township; sister
Ida Bresler of Arizona; grandchildren
Jennifer Dorfman, Sarah Dorfman,
Zachary Korby, Jordan and Jason
Garrick.
He was the beloved husband of the
late Jennie Dorfman.
Graveside services were held at the
B'nai Israel Memorial Gardens.
Contributions may be made to the
National Kidney Foundation, 2350 S.
Huron Pkwy., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
or to the charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman Funeral
Direction.