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Major Gift

The Jewish Community
Relations Council
is pleased to invite you to
join us as we present the

2011 Activist Award to

JOEL JACOB

Sunday, June 1 2, 2011
7:00 p.m.

Jewish Community Center
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Eugene and Marcia Applebaum
Jewish Community Campus
West Bloomfield

Taubman commits $11
million to new academic
comiilex at vLawren'ce Tech.

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Dr. Lewis Walker and A. Alfred Taubman

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hilanthropist A. Alfred Taubman
is committing $11 million to
Lawrence Technological University
for the construction of a new building that
will be the centerpiece of the A. Alfred
Taubman Engineering, Architecture and
Life Sciences Complex at the Southfield
campus.
Taubman, who studied architecture
at Lawrence Tech in the 1940s, joined
Lawrence Tech President Lewis Walker in
announcing the plans for the new building
lat week.
Taubman's gift to support the construc-
tion of the new building comes in two
parts:
•$1 million to cover planning and

development efforts associated with the
construction of the building.
• $10 million for the A. Alfred Taubman
Challenge Grant that must be matched by
$20 million in new contributions for the
construction of the building within three
years.
Construction is expected to begin in
about 24 months and cost $55 million for
a structure of 100,000 to 125,000 square
feet.
"With Mr. Taubman's generous sup-
port, we will be able to move forward
with expanding and enhancing Lawrence
Tech's academic programs in engineering,
architecture and life sciences',' Walker said.
"This new building will greatly improve

Featured Speaker

MAX FINBERG

Director,
USDA Center for Faith-Based and
Neighborhood Partnerships

Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News

Reception following meeting
Kosher dietary laws observed

To learn more about
opportunities to pay tribute to
Joel Jacob please contact the
Jewish Community
Relations Council office,
(248) 642-S393 or visit
detroitjac.org

Hon. Gilda Jacobs
Arthur Horwitz

Honorary Co-chairs

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and she made the team as a walk-on.
Weinstein walked onto The Meadows
Golf Course, Grand Valley's home course,
arni Weinstein didn't decide
last month for the NCAA Division II
to attend Grand Valley State
national championship.
University so she could play golf
The sophomore helped the Lakers fin-
there.
ish sixth among 12 teams.
"I fell in love with the campus.
"We left a lot of shots on the
And Its a big school that doesn't
course and that was disappoint-
feel like a big school: she said.
ing because it's our home course,
Weinstein played golf for four
but we did the best of any north-
years at Walled Lake Western
ern team',' Weinstein said. "Every
High School, twice qualifying for
team that finished in front of us
the state tournament, and she's
was from Florida or Texas."
been playing in summer tourna-
Nova Southestern, which
ments for years.
won its third straight Division
Marni
So she decided to contact
II national championship, is
Weinst ein
Grand Valley women's golf coach
based in Ft. Lauderdale. It scored
Rebecca Ma illoux the summer before her
5-over-par 1157 in four rounds. Grand
freshman year. She was granted a tryout,
Valley scored 85-over-par 1237.

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our facilities and open up new opportuni-
ties for faculty and students:'
Taubman said, "Lawrence Tech made a
big difference in my life, as it has for gen-
erations of young people working to build
successful careers and fulfilling lives. I am
immensely proud of my Lawrence Tech
affiliation and am delighted to provide
support for the exciting new Engineering,
Architecture and Life Sciences Complex.
"I join Dr. Walker in encouraging all
friends of Lawrence Tech to add their con-
tributions to make sure this amazing new
facility becomes a reality:"
The combined gift is one of the larg-
est to date for Lawrence Tech's "Proud
Heritage, Bold Future" capital campaign,
which has raised $65 million of the overall
goal of $75 million to $100 million by
2014.
The new combined gift puts Taubman
among the private university's largest
contributors. He provided the lead gift for
the student services center that opened in
2006, and his total support would surpass
$15 million with the successful completion
of the challenge grant.
Taubman's support for the university
has taken many forms. In 2009, he donated
a sculpture by Beverly Pepper,"Ockham's
Wedge,' that sits at the center of the quad-
rangle. Last year, he was named affiliate
professor and taught the course, "Real

Weinstein shot 85-80-79-82-326, end-
ing a spring in which she averaged 84.4 for
18 holes.
Grand Valley earned the program's 10th
berth in the nationals by winning the
East Region championship at California
University (Pa.) It was the Lakers' fourth
straight regional title. Weinstein tied for
34th place in the regional with a 54-hole
score of 254.
While Grand Valley hasn't won a
national championship, it did place second
in 2005 and 2009 and it has never finished
below sixth. The national tournament has
been played at The Meadows five times
(1996, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2011).
Five golfers compete for each team in
women's collegiate golf, with the low four
scores counting. Weinstein had a score that
counted in all but one of Grand Valley's
tournaments this spring.
Looking back, Weinstein said, she's
happy she made the decision to try out
for golf.
"It's a lot of work to play golf and go to
school, but it's worth it',' the 20-year-old
Farmington Hills resident said. "It would
have been a shame to miss this opportu-
nity.
Weinstein's major is sports manage-
ment. She also has a legal studies minor.
She's not sure of her career path yet.
She is sure, however, of what part of her
golf game she needs to improve: "My short

