Doer Profile

DR. ALLEN BERMAN

City: West Bloomfield
Kudos: Aiding Students

For the past 18 years, Dr. Allen Berman
has been brightening smiles in the
Plymouth-Canton area with his cosmetic
and restorative dental techniques. Now, he
has given nearby high school students
something new to smile about by awarding
three $1,000 grants through the newly
established Allen Berman DDS
Scholarship Fund. The first year's recipients
are Rachel Wheeling of Canton High
School and Jessica Conner and Holly
Ranta of Salem High School also in
Canton.
A native Detroiter, DI: Berman gradu-
ated from the University of Detroit dental
school working at a restaurant and utiliz-
ing the services of the Bloomfield Hills-
based Hebrew Free Loan Association, to
which he now contributes, to help finance
his education.
For 22 years, he has been married to
Julie, a clinical pharmacist at Detroit
Receiving Hospital. They have three chil-
dren: Michael 18, Stephanie, 16, and
Allison, 13. They are members of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Oakland

Coun t y.
Dr. Berman also provides _fire dental
services to battered women and their fami-
lies through HAVEN (Help Against
Violent Encounter Now), a domestic vio-
lence shelter in Pontiac.

Why help others obtain an education?
"When Julie and I got married, both
of us were in graduate school, and we
had a lot of student loans to repay. We
decided back then that as soon as we
were able to do so, we would help other
students who needed some financial
assistance. Especially now that our own
son is in college [Michael is a sopho-
more at the University of Michigan], we
know how hard it can be. We wanted to
help ease the burden for other families."

What prompted the scholarship fund?
"Julie and I are longtime contributors
to the JELS (Jewish Education Loan
Service) scholarship fund through
Hebrew Free Loan Association. This
time, we wanted to do something to

help the kids in the Plymouth-Canton
area, where I've had my dental practice
for the last 18 years. This community
has been very good to me, and I wanted
to give something back."

How did you decide on the winners?
"We publicized the scholarship fund
all over the community, and we received
a lot of nomination letters from some
very worthy kids. It was a hard decision;
the number of deserving students in this
area is amazing. We tried to pick three
who not only had good grades, but who
also had strong work ethics, perhaps
some unusual circumstances that
required them to work harder than the
average student."

What kind of response did you receive
from the winners?
"They were very excited, and they've
promised to keep in touch with us,
which was an added bonus we didn't
expect."

Do you plan to do this again next
year?
"Definitely, we'd like to see it grow
bigger every year, maybe expand to
include local vocational schools as well."

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— Ronelle Grier, special writer

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