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Todd Sachse, Jonathan Brateman
top Yeshivat Akiva's honorees.

DIANA LIEBERMAN
Staff Writer

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odd Sachse, builder, real estate specialist and community benefac-
tor, nearly became Todd Sachse, M.D.
"I was majoring in pre-med," he said. "I took the MCAT
(Medical College Admission Test) and was accepted in medical

school.
"Then I made that famous call to my mother: 'You know what? I'm
not going to medical school. I've decided to go into the cleaning busi-
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ness.
How did his mother react? "Fine," Sachse said, "She had no
problem."
Sache's mother, Andrea Sachse Hurwitz of Birmingham, was in
the audience April 22 at Yeshivat Akiva's 37th annual banquet,
when her son received the Southfield school's Torah Builder
Award.
"He was always an entrepreneur," Hurwitz said. "Even when he
was in high school, he was washing windows and teaching pottery.
"I wasn't upset at all."
Among the other family members watching Sachse receive his
award were his wife Karen, daughters Erica, 9, and Laura, 7, and
grandmother Ruth Hack of Delray Beach, Fla.
As a student at the University of Michigan, Sachse expanded his
window-washing business to maid and janitorial services, while
investing in student housing.
In 1988, he teamed up with a business associate to build a
100-unit apartment complex. By 1991, he'd rented a little
office and declared himself a builder.
The 37-year-old Huntington Woods resident is now
president of Sachse Construction and Development
Corp. and vice president of Broder and Sachse Real
Estate Services, both located in Farmington Hills.

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2001