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million to the College for Creative Studies
in Detroit, which was used to create the
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Design Education.
His commitment to higher educa-
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he provided funding for the A. Alfred
Taubman Center for Public Policy and
American Institutions at Brown University
in Providence, R.I., and the Taubman
Center for State and Local Government at
the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard
University.

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A keen art lover and collector, Mr.
Taubman shared his passion through his
generous support of the Detroit Institute
of Arts (DIA). In addition to significant
financial gifts, he gave of his time as well.
He served as chair of the City of Detroit
Arts Commission, which helped protect
the DINs collection during the city's finan-
cial crisis, and as a longtime member of
the DIA board of directors. He also took
an active role in the museum's $170 mil-
lion renovation and expansion in the early
2000s. In addition, he donated several
works from his personal art collection.
`Alfred was one of the DIAs greatest
patrons in its history and supported our
museum through major contributions
to capital and endowment campaigns:'
said DIA Director Graham W.J. Beal, who
described Mr. Taubman as "an avid and
discerning art collector"
His love of art led to his acquisition of
Sotheby's auction house. He modernized
the company and increased its success.
But his ownership led to a low point in
his life when he was convicted of conspir-
ing with rival auction house Christie's to
fix commission rates. Despite serving 10
months in minimum-security prison, he
always maintained his innocence.

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justice, a principle he exemplified through
his treatment of civil rights activist Rosa
Parks. In 2005, after Parks was assaulted
in the Detroit home where she was living
alone, Mr. Taubman arranged for her to
live, rent-free, in the Riverfront Towers
Apartments, which his company owned.
Together with his friend, Max Fisher, he
set up a foundation to provide for the
elderly civil rights pioneer, allocating any
leftover monies for a school scholarship
fund for needy Detroit children.
At the request of his friend, U.S. Court
of Appeals Judge Damon Keith, Mr.
Taubman commissioned his private plane
to fly Parks, who was too frail to use com-
mercial airlines, to Alabama to attend the
dedication of a library in her name.
The 10,000-square-foot Damon J. Keith
Center for Civil Rights, part of Wayne State
University Law School, is another testament

to Mr. Taubman's commitment to human
rights. He contributed more than $3 million
to fund the center, earmarking a portion
of the money to establish the A. Alfred
Taubman Endowed Chair in Civil Rights.

Life Lessons

Mr. Taubman revealed a candid look at the
man behind the legend in his 2007 memoir,

Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary
Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer. In a
2014 blog posted on the book's website, he
reflected on his 90th birthday and offered
readers three of his secrets for a long and
healthy life: get a good doctor, avoid as
much aggravation as possible, and stay
curious and connected to people.
His incredibly accomplished life sug-
gests he followed his own advice, a notion
that is confirmed by his son Bobby.
"He made a personal investment in the
people and projects he touched:' Bobby
said. "The idea of investing in our com-
munity was something he taught us in
hundreds of ways, and all of us do that. He
was a remarkable, incredible father."
Hundreds of people attended his
funeral service, which was held Tuesday at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Mr. Taubman is survived by his wife,
Judith Taubman; sons and daughters-
in-law, Robert and Julie Taubman of
Bloomfield Hills, William and Ellen
Taubman of Birmingham; daughter and
son-in-law, Gayle and Michael Kalisman
of New York, N.Y.; grandchildren, Jason
Taubman Kalisman, Philip Taubman
(Hilary) Kalisman, Alexander Alfred
Taubman, Ghislaine "GoGo" Taubman,
Theodore Taubman, Sebastian Taubman,
Oliver Taubman, Abigail Taubman and
Tatiana Dubin; great-grandson, Aaron Falb
Kalisman; sister-in-law, Lola Taubman.
He is also survived by Judith's children,
Christopher Rounick and Tiffany Dubin.
Mr. Taubman was the devoted son
of the late Philip and the late Fannie
Taubman. He was predeceased by his for-
mer wife and the mother of his children,
Reva Kolodney Stocker. He was the broth-
er of the late Goldye and the late Albert
Nelson, the late Sam Taubman, the late
Lester and the late Shirley Taubman.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research
Institute,109 Zina Pitcher Place, 5017
A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science
Research, Ann Arbor, MI, (734) 615-
7282, www.taubmaninstitute.org ; Detroit
Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward,
Detroit, MI 48202, www.dia.org; College
for Creative Studies, 201 E. Kirby, Detroit,
MI 48202-4034, www.
collegeforcreativestudies.edu ; or
Lawrence Technological Institute, 21000
W 10 Mile Road, Southfield , MI 48075-
1058, www.ltu.edu/giving. Arrangements
were by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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