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Soldier And Servant
B
ernard H. Zaffern, 84, a
appointed chief of that division and
longtime Southfield resi-
retired from the IRS in 1978.
dent, died Feb. 5, 2008.
Beginning in 1979, he practiced
Mr. Zaffern was born in Detroit
law with friend and colleague
on Sept. 13, 1923, to Herman and
Samuel Bernstein, with emphasis on
Renny Zaffern, both of whom were
personal injury and probate.
born in Hungary.
Mr. Zaffern was also past chair-
Bernie, as he was known to
man of the State Legislative
friends and family, enlisted in the
Committee for the AARP, lobbying
U.S. army during
the Michigan Legislature
World War II and
on behalf of the elderly.
served in Europe. He
He is former associate
was in active duty in
state coordinator for
the Army from 1943-
AARP Vote, which lobbies
1946 and again in
at the congressional level.
the Korean War from
He was also a member of
1950-1952. He retired
the national legislative
as a full colonel from
council for AARP, which
Army Reserve in
prepared and recom-
1979.
mended appropriate leg-
While in the ser-
islative positions for the
vice, he attended the
board to pursue. He was
Bernard H. Za ffern
Army Command and
a member of the long-
General Staff College,
term care stakeholders
the Industrial College
committee, which was
of the Armed Forces, Finance
planning and establishing a state-
and Logistical Schools as well as
wide system for a single point of
the Army War College, where he
entry into the long term care system
graduated along with Gen. Norman
for seniors and the disabled.
Schwarzkopf in 1973.
He served as the chairman of
He also had two semesters of
the Elder Advisors in Research
electrical engineering at Manhattan
(EAR), Institute of Gerontology,
College and one semester of
Wayne State University. The EAR
history and literature at Kings
provides feedback to the institute
College, Durham University, United
on issues such as health, aging and
Kingdom. He earned his B.S. in
the recruitment of older adults in
business administration from
research. He has also presided over
Wayne University in Detroit in 1948 the planning committee for the
and later his law degree from WSU
annual conference on the Art of
in 1979.
Aging Successfully.
Government Service
He began working for the Internal
Revenue Service in 1948 as an
agent. Subsequent assignments
included appellate division hearing
officer resolving taxpayer disputes,
chief of the review staff supervising
agents approving tax examinations,
and audit division executive officer
coordinating activities and staff.
He was then appointed assistant
chief, audit division, responsible
for program planning and accom-
plishment. Upon enactment of the
Employment Retirement Income
and Security Act of 1975, he was
assigned the responsibility of plan-
ning and establishing a division
to carry out the IRS responsibili-
ties in the areas of pension plans
and exempt organizations. He was
On The War Front
Col. Zaffern was also president of
the Fighting 69th Infantry Division
Association, of about 3000 surviv-
ing WWII Veterans. His division
was the first American one to meet
up with the Russian Red Army at
Torgau on the Elbe River — the
event recognized as effectively spell-
ing the defeat of Hitler and ending
the war in Europe. He attended the
60th Anniversary of Victory Day
in Moscow as a guest of President
Putin and the Russian Federation
where he received a medal, and
which included parades and formal
Kremlin dinners and a meeting
with President and Mrs. Bush at the
U.S. Embassy in Moscow in May
2005.
He was past commander of the