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The son of Sarah and Ralph Davidson, he graduated from Detroit Central High School and went through the religious school system at Shaarey Zedek, where he later served two years as president. "My first job as a teenager was as an usher at the old Royal and Avalon theaters;" he reflected. "That was enough to' ke'dp me going until college." He was a track athlete in high school and even played football in his first year at the University of Michigan, where he got a business degree, followed by a law degree from Wayne University in Detroit. "After practicing law for a couple of years, I decided I wanted to rep- resent myself, not others," he said. His uncle took him into a fledg- ling auto glass business that vacillat- ed between growth and disaster dur- ing the Great Depression and World War II. With the business facing bankruptcy and possible extinction in the - 1950s, Davidson had the foresight to see the potential uses of glass in buildings and new technolo- gy — and he turned the business into a success. Guardian went public in 1968 at $17 a share, but he took it private in 1985 by simply buying the majority of the stock himself. Always interested in sports, he bought the Pistons in 1974 for a reported $274 million, followed later by the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association. Forbes magazine, a national busin -E§s publication, estimates the Pistons' value now at about $450 million. Davidson scored a sports "three- pointer" last year when the Pistons won the NBA title, the Lightning won the Stanley Cup and the Shock captured the women's title. He brought all three trophies to Guardian headquarters and allowed each of the 300 employees there to pose for a photo with the trophies. After some small talk about the "missing" hockey season and his dis- dain for most of the pro basketball referees, Davidson brought the con- versation back to his devotion to Jewish education. He keeps a small, map of the United States with dots showing the locations of Davidson school alumni, most of them con- centrated in New York, New Jersey, Florida, California and Michigan. But there's one dot in Texas, and he and his visitor wondered how that person might be doing. A phone call later to Texas deter- mined the "dot" to be Annie Glickman, 32, now a day school teacher at Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas, the largest Conservative synagogue in the city, with 2,000 families. Her husband, Rabbi David Glickman, is assistant rabbi there. Annie is originally from Tacoma, Washk , and David is a Lansing, Mich., native who attended the University of Michigan, then rabbinical school in New York. They met while they were both studying in Israel for a year. "I learned about the Davidson school while I was in Israel and went there to get my master's degree," said Glickman, now the mother of a 3-year-old son. "The school has a greatly enhanced program that can't be found anywhere else. I'm happy to be able to carry my Jewish educa- tion forward — out here to Texas. "Mr. Davidson can be proud of himself as a real educator; he really put the spotlight on Jewish educa- tion everywhere." ❑ Lois Haron, Allied Member AM • 248-851-6989s Benjamin Moore& AND Teknicolor Paints, Inc. A Paint Store and More! Paints Great Products Great Service 2oz. COLOR SAMPLES $3 99 per can Available in 280 Benjamin Moore colors. A great cost effective way to test colors!! The best way to test color is to put it on your walls! - Teknicolors, the name you can trust and the service you deserve!! 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