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The Art Of The Gift
E
ugene Applebaum surprised
his good friend Robert
Aronson this summer with a
gift he surely never expected.
On July 11, Wayne State University
dedicated the Robert Aronson Intaglio
Studio in honor of Aronson, president
of the Birthright Israel Foundation,
former CEO of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit and currently its
senior development adviser.
Devoted to printmaking, the corner
classroom in the Community Arts build-
ing features workstations, etching press-
es and cabinets stocked with inks, chalks
and oils. The naming was made possible
with a gift from Aronson's longtime
friend and WSU alumnus Applebaum.
Aronson, a graduate of the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago, has created
many works in the room over the years.
Known to spend up to six hours at a
time working in the studio, he was also
active in raising money to rebuild the
room after a fire in 2001.
WSU President Allan Gilmour said,
"We are here because two very good
and interesting people have brought
us together. Bob loves what goes on in
that room. It's a working room so they
do real things in there. You can see the
scars of generations of students, and of
professors and others who worked and
created there."
John Richardson, chair of the WSU
Department of Art and Art History,
said, "Mr. Aronson has been a long and
steadfast proponent of the printmak-
ing program and is the driving force
behind our Saturday Print Workshop,
a workshop that's made printmaking
media available for many art alumni, as
well as artists in the community. These
are artists that would otherwise not
have access to expensive and special-
ized equipment, and we greatly appre-
ciate Mr. Aronson's participation and
support."
Applebaum, an accomplished local
pharmacist and businessman, chaired
and gave the largest gift to the Wayne
First campaign, resulting in the nam-
ing of the Eugene Applebaum College
of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Building. He is also a member and past
chair of the WSU Foundation board
and established the Eugene Applebaum
Chair of Community Engagement in
2007.
At the event, Aronson spoke last and,
with emotion, introduced his parents
who had traveled from Milwaukee to
share "this very big moment for me
and my family." He then told the story
of an evening spent with Applebaum
when, as the two were driving home,
Applebaum suddenly asked him, "What
makes you happy?"
"Without thinking twice about it,
I said, 'printmaking at Wayne State,"'
Aronson recalled. "I said, 'I have a little
place, a little room that sustains me
during good times and bad' Next thing
you know I was told a gift has been
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Robert Aronson with Lisa Applebaum
Haddad, Marcia Applebaum and
Eugene Applebaum
made in my honor by Mr. Applebaum.
Not only is it a generous gift, it's a testa-
ment to our friendship that means so
much to me."
Aronson closed the event, sharing his
appreciation for WSU and a few goals
he had hoped to achieve. "I've tried
to accomplish three things in my life,"
Aronson told the gathering. "One is to
be a good son and a good role model
for my children. One has been to serve
my community with all my strength,
and the third aspiration I've had,
believe it or not, is to be a Michigan
printmaker. And that is not so easy, but
it is something that I love. It feeds my
soul. We all need something like that
in our lives, and that's why this little
corner of the world is such a special
place." II
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