like a coming together of three agen-
cies. It adds to what we have. It just
gives us greater strenath.'
SMZ‘-traces its origins to the 1929
formation of Simons Michelson by
Leonard Simons (Zieve's late father-
in-law) and Larry Michelson (the
father of Jim Michelson).
Earlier. Simons and Michelson had
worked at the agency owned by
Milton Alexander, the pioneer
Detroit Jewish advertising man. If
there were a family tree of Detroit
Jewish ad agencies, the common root
would be Alexander, whose legacy
still bears fruit today in agencies such
as W.B. Doner and Co., Solomon
Friedman, Stone and Simons, Dennis
Green Advertising, Yaffe & Co., Mars
Advertising and others.

Memos

Julie I. Fershtman,
Bingham Farms
attorney, was elected
clerk of the State Bar
of Michigan
Representative
Assembly at the
annual meeting in
Grand Rapids.
Julie I.
Fershtman was also
Fershtman
selected to become a
fellow of the
Michigan State Bar Foundation. She
is past chair of the State Bar of
Michigan Young Lawyers Section and
was appointed to the state bar's struc-
ture and governance professionalism
committees.

Mark Prussian, former Detroiter of
Louisville, Ky., has been awarded a 40
Under Forty Award by Business First,
a weekly business newspaper in
Louisville.

Amanda Schram has
been named research
specialist at the
Farmington Hills-
based Marx Layne &
Company, a market-
ing and public rela-
tions agency. Her
responsibilities
Amanda
include statistical
Schram
research and compet-
itive analysis for spe-
cial client projects, and maintaining
in-house databases and list develop-
ment of media contacts.

Stephen H. Epstein received the
1999 Distinguished Service Award

from the Michigan
Association of
Certified Public
Accountants at its
annual meeting.
Epstein is a partner
at Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP,
Detroit. He spear-
Stephen
headed the imple-
Epstein
mentation of the
association's strategic
plan, which included a revitaliza-
tion of the committee structure.

Suzan Rollins
Mitchell of West
Bloomfield is the only
woman in Michigan
to earn a spot as a
"pioneer" fund-raiser
for the presidential
campaign of Texas
Gov. George W Bush.
Suzan Rollins
Mitchell is president of
Mitchell
Mitchell Research &
Communications Inc.,
a public relations/public affairs and
research firm in East Lansing and West
Bloomfield.

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A professional maintenance course will
be offered by the Apartment
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Management Council 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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The Service Corps of Retired
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workshop 8:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Central
Michigan University/One Stop
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Blvd., Detroit. To register, call
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A business plan workshop will
offered by the Service Corps of
Retired Executives 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
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