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Expires 7/15/13. thairapiu Y1u luir:iwn I 1 Weep Warbor- Sylucui I Don Cohen Contributing Writer I t is not their businesses we are remembering, but their charity and contributions:' said busi- nessman and philanthropist Irving Nusbaum to a May gathering of the children and grandchildren of many of the Detroit pioneers who were key to the founding of Israel's Bar-Ilan University (BIU). Now Israel's largest university, with more than 33,000 students on five campuses, BIU was still just a 4 dream when many of those pioneers met for the first-ever Irving fundraising event Nusbaum in June 1951 in the lower level of Abe and Laura Nusbaum's home on Outer Drive in Detroit. "They spoke with accents, never went to college, and many never grad- uated high school, but they founded a university:' Nusbaum said, describing his parents and their contemporaries, while many of the 60 people gathered nodded in recognition. Under the leadership of Philip Stollman, who would head the International Committee for Bar-Ilan, Detroiters provided the majority of the initial funding for the university. Walking through the sprawling Ramat Gan main campus today, a Detroiter can't help but be proud to see the Stollman Administration Building, the Nusbaum Auditorium, the Kanat Psychology Building, Hechtman Heroes Road, Borman Plaza, the Grosberg Education Building, the Stollman and Muskovitz/Pershin dor- mitories, the Fetter Research Complex and the Zlotoff Gardens. A review of endowed funds shows countless Detroiters among those supporting faculty and students. Dr. Moshe Bar, one of the world's leading researchers in cognitive neuro- science, spoke of his decision to leave Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital to return to Israel after 17 years in the U.S. He now directs BIU's Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center. Bar-Ilan has made a dedicated effort to offset Israel's brain drain by bring- ing top scientists back to Israel. "I had many offers from Israel," he said, "but Bar-Ilan was different. It is a world-class center, and I thought I would enjoy it because it is a great challenge and a great opportunity, and I felt I could contribute" While speaking highly of the large American institutions where he worked, he noted that "BIU is small and agile and can do a lot of things, but it's mostly about the people, and I am surrounded by great people" In October 2011, BIU opened Israel's first new medical school in 40 years in Safed to help meet Israel's critical doctor shortage and provide medical services to the underserved and dispro- portionately poor Jewish and Arab resi- dents of the Galilee. The school admits 70 students each year and will soon have 280 students studying year-round. "The medical excellence in the center [of the country] will soon be available in the North:' said Dr. Merav Galili, director of Global Resource Development, who came from Israel to attend the gathering. One thing missing on the new cam- pus is a medical library, though not for long. Gary Ran, a grandson of Philip Stollman, who hosted the meeting at his home, said he and other Detroiters would raise the money needed to equip a state-of-the-art library. For campaign details, contact Les Goldstein, Midwest director of the American Friends of Bar-Ilan University, at (248) 540-9800. ❑ 1839220 June 6 • 2013 19