metro ifelong Learner • • Oldest Melton grad on record: Irene Schumer turns 92. Opportunity Awai at Commerce and Commerce in Commerce hrcatl, take Na Sharon Schwartz and her mother, Irene Schumer DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital is looking for a few key professionals to join our experienced team, dedicated to the care of the community we serve. Vivian Henoch Special to the Jewish News • Staff Nurses. Staff nursing positions are available for our Nursing Pool. Flexible schedules. • Manager, Emergency Department and Observation. We are seeking an experienced RN for this critical leadership position. • Coordinator,Trauma Program. We are seeking an experienced RN withTrauma background to lead our program for Level 3 Trauma designation. • Cardiac Invasive Specialist. Experience required to join our fast-growing cardiology program. • Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Full Time in our state-of-the-art Charach Cancer Treatment Center. Significant oncology experience required. • Patient Care Associate. Positions are available now. • Other nursing positions available. For these and other positions at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Visit www.hvsh.org/Careers&Volunteers or contact Paul Reichert or Lisa Sweeten at (248) 937 5656. DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Download our Health for Life Apps: ' 18 • • TA- 1 NON DMC _tine 11 • 2015 1 William Carls Dr Commerce, MI 48382 248-937-3300 • www.hvsh.org ▪ 85 • 1 ■ . Follow or or 2011250 I t's official. Jewish Detroit's own Irene Schumer of Bloomfield Hills is the oldest student in the world to ever graduate from the Florence Melton School of Adult Learning. In case you are wondering, this statistic has been researched exhaustively by Judy Loebl, Federation's Melton director. An avid student of history with a master's degree in social work from the New York School of Social Work, Schumer enrolled in the two-year Melton program shortly after her 90th birthday nearly two years ago. Her daughter, Sharon Schwartz, also of Bloomfield Hills, joined her in the ven- ture, and together they have attended four semesters exploring the funda- mentals of Jewish living with Melton instructors Ruth Bergman, Rabbi Michele Faudem and Aviva Panush. As Schwartz explains, she had taken a leave of absence after 22 years of teaching at Hillel Day School to help her mother and father with the affairs of their family business, General Linen Uniform Service. As it turned out, I didn't go back to Hiller Schwartz says. "My father [the late William Schumer] became ill and passed away in 2013, and shortly after that, we sold the business. At that point, my mother and I had become a team — we had been going into work every day. By the fall of that year, mom was ready for something new She was quite an educated woman, still energetic, a tremendous reader. She was looking for some stimulation. So we decided to take the Melton classes together." A first-generation American whose parents emigrated from Russia, Irene Saltzman Schumer was born in Brooklyn on Aug. 29, 1923. She attended Hunter College and gradu- ated at age 20 with a degree in politi- cal science and English literature. An activist and Zionist, Schumer belonged to a student organization called Avuka, where she met William at a national conference when he was representing the Ann Arbor chapter. William and Irene married on July 9, 1944, and moved back to Detroit, where they raised their three children — Sharon and her sister and brother, Deborah Tuckman of New Jersey and Dr. David Schumer of Washington. Irene has nine grandchildren, five of whom are married. She is extremely proud of their academic and profes- sional achievements. ❑ This story first appeared in the June issue of Federation's online publication, myJewishDetroit. www.myJewishDetroit. org.