Barry P. Rosen of Detroit, professor
and chairman of the Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
at Wayne State University School
of Medicine in Detroit, has been
elected president of the Association of
Medical and Graduate Departments
of Biochemistry. Rosen's research has
been continuously funded for 35 years.
He holds three major grants from the
National Institutes of Health, with nearly
$1 million per year in funding. His
research is in arsenic detoxification.
Dr. Ruth Tsoffar,
associate professor of
Comparative Literature
and Judaic Studies
at the University of
Michigan Frankel
Center for Judaic
Studies, is the recipient
of the 2007 Elli Kongas
Maranda Prize from
the Women's Section of the American
Folklore Society for her book The Stains
of Culture: An Ethno-Reading of Karaite
Jewish Women (Wayne State University
Press, 2005). Tsoffar's areas of expertise
include Israeli culture, literature and
folklore, with an emphasis on Jewish
minorities and theories of ethnicity and
gender.
The Michigan Printing Week Association
awarded its Ben Franklin Award for
Individual of the Year to Jonathan
Strager of West Bloomfield. The award
cites his commitment to the graphic arts
industry, its local clubs and organiza-
tions, and community affairs. Strager
has been honored by being named to the
Crain's Detroit Business "40 Under 40"
list of influential people as well as the
Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce
list of "Future 50 of Greater Detroit!'
Leslie J. Stein of the Southfield firm
Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess and Serlin
P.C. has been selected as a Super Lawyer
by Law & Politics Magazine in the area
of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor
rights. Stein heads the firm's Creditors'
Rights Practice Group.
Seth P. Tompkins of
West Bloomfield, asso-
ciated with Sullivan,
Ward, Asher & Patton
PC, has been promoted
to shareholder. As a
member of Sullivan
Ward's corporate prac-
Tompkins
tice group, Tompkins
concentrates on credi-
tor's rights, such as loan enforcement for
financial institutions.
Barbara Rom, part-
ner-in-charge of the
Detroit law office of
Pepper Hamilton UP,
has been reappointed
by Gov. Jennifer
Granholm to serve on
the Michigan Gaming
Rom
Control Board. Her
knowledge and experi-
ence are in the fields of bankruptcy and
reorganization.
Alisa A. Peskin-Shepherd of
Bloomfield Hills has joined the law firm
of Gornbein, Fletcher and Smith PLLC in
Bloomfield Hills as a partner. Her prac-
tice is in the area of family law.
Jason Brown of Oak
Park has been pro-
moted from account
manager to vice pres-
ident at Hermanoff
& Associates, a
Farmington Hills
public relations and
Brown
marketing firm.
Among his new
duties, he will develop growth strate-
gies for the firm.
Kenneth Neuman of
Bloomfield Township
and Leif Anderson
have formed Neuman
Anderson PC, a com-
plex commercial liti-
gation law firm based
in Southfield. The
Neuman
law firm represents
individuals, entre-
preneurs and small and large compa-
nies. Neuman was one of the group of
people from Detroit that just went on
a mission to Israel with the Rev. Glenn
Plummer to support black and Jewish
relations.
The Detroit District
Council of the Urban
land Institute will
honor Jerome L.
Schostak as the
recipient of the 1008
Lifetime Achievement
Award. Schostak is
Schostak
being honored for his
work in the real estate
industry, commitment to the community
and demonstration of civic, charitable
and philanthropic endeavors. As part of
the award, ULI will donate the entire ULI
library in Schostak's name to a school of
his choice.
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