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"I'll be proud to serve as president at the
same synagogue [Shaarey Zedek] where Bill
devoted so much of his time and resources.
We have a dream team of young clergy and
are reaching out to many young families."

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- Jonathan Aaron

vice president and general counsel;
next to her under one of the baskets
Jeffrey Knight, group vice president
will remain empty for the rest of the
and chief financial officer, and Peter
season,"Aaron says.
S. Walters, group vice president.
She's "disappointed" about the way
The new board elected Ebeid, a
the Alan Iverson trade ended (the
39-year Guardian employee, as chair-
disgruntled superstar is out for the
man and reaffirmed various other
season with a "sore back"), but she's
appointments.
pleased the team made the playoffs,
"The board is responsible for
and supports first-year Pistons Coach
overall direction and overseeing the
Michael Curry. She feels that Curry is
ongoing operation of the
doing the right things
company," says Aaron, "but
on and off the court that
the Davidson family owns
he has learned a lot in
Guardian."
general this season.
On the former Guardian
"Karen is now the
board were Davidson's
team owner because
nephew, Ralph J. Gerson
family ownership
of Bloomfield Hills, who
always was in Bill's
continues as Guardian
succession and transi-
executive vice president,
tion plans. He always
and Oscar Feldman
said, `We will keep the
of Bloomfield Hills,
Russell Ebeid
Pistons and the Palace
Davidson's longtime friend
in the family.' There are
and attorney. Neither is on
no other changes for
the new board.
those entities; President
At Davidson's funeral,
Joe Dumars will con-
Ebeid who traveled the
tinue to run the team on
globe with his boss, point-
a day-to-day basis and
ed out that the Guardian
Tom Wilson continues
chief "always explored new
to run the Palace."
business frontiers and
Wilson is president
possible new facilities,
of Palace Sports &
never content to keep the
Entertainment.
status quo. He was a man
without an ego, who cen-
Ronald Applebaum
Elush. iess Hetm
tered his main interests
Next door to the Palace,
around his family:'
at Guardian, the big
Now, as Aaron keeps the family
news is implementation of Davidson's
interests moving forward, he smiles
transition plan. Davidson selected 30
as he remembers how Davidson
members of a Guardian Industries
senior management team — "his lon- would end every business or family
meeting; with a trademark phrase
gest-serving, most trusted advisers:'
that everyone had become accus-
says Aaron — to choose the people
tomed to hearing before they left the
to succeed him. The group met two
TOM.
weeks and elected a five-member
"He would say, 'Good, good':' says
board of directors. They are: Russell
Aaron. "And I'm sure now we would
J. Ebeid, president of the Guardian
have heard, 'Good, good'." _I
Glass Corp.; Duane H. Faulkner,
president of Guardian Building
Products Group; Robert H. Gorlin,

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