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William Clay Ford Jr. receives
AJC's National Human Relations
Award from Eugene Driker

thought well of in the general com-
munity.
"The individual has to be some-
body who makes- a contribution to
positive change in this world or to
help in the spirit of tikkun olam,
repairing the world," she said. "It has
to be an individual who has some
framework of influence, because we
want to advocate change. This event
with William Clay Ford Jr. is signifi-
cant because there is an emphasis on
the corporate responsibility to the
environment.
Ford, 42, who assumed the post of
company chairman on Jan. 1, is also
vice chairman of the Detroit Lions
and a member of the World Economic
Forum's Global Leaders for Tomorrow.
This was AJC's first national award
presented in Detroit. Previous regional
and national award winners have
included the chairmen of Xerox,
Bloomingdale's, Westinghouse,
American Express, Quaker Oats and
Merrill Lynch, former President
Jimmy Carter, Steven Spielberg and
Clint Eastwood.
Dinner attendee Harvey Bronstein,
professor of business administration at
Oakland Community College in
Farmington Hills, said there is an
enormous sense of irony" in the selec-
tion of Ford as a recipient of the
award.
"It proves that over time, all things
can be healed. Bill Ford's great-grand-
father was one of the most notorious
anti-Semites, and in some ways
encouraged Hitler, and here you have
a man honored by a Jewish organiza-
tion," Bronstein said.
"I really see an opportunity here, a
close connection between the Jewish
community and Ford Motor
Company, and I think Bill Ford will
be the catalyst." P1

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