ANNIVERSARY

Carolyn Cohn of
Huntington Woods,
a senior at Berkley
High School, was
presented with an
engraved bronze
medallion to recog-
nize her selection
Cohn
as a Distinguished
Finalist for
Michigan in the
2017 Prudential Spirit of Community
Awards.

Bloomfield Hills
family lawyer
Albert Holtz has
been chosen as a
final judge for the
Audie Awards,
which are awards
for spoken-word lit-
erature similar to
Holtz
the Oscars and
Emmy Awards. It is
the premiere award program in the
United States.

Ferris State University awarded Michigan financier and
developer Mickey Shapiro of Bloomfield Hills an Honorary
Doctorate of Business and Industry. Shapiro attended a
Ferris State University college preparatory program in the
summer of 1965, raising his GPA by several points before
transferring to Michigan State University, from which he
graduated in 1969. Today, Shapiro’s companies own and
provide property management and real estate development
services throughout North America. In 2015, he established
Shapiro
the Mickey Shapiro Opportunity Scholarship Endowment
at Ferris State to support provisionally admitted students
who successfully complete their trial year. In 2017, he also provided funding
to Ferris enabling the university to acquire a perpetual license for the Shoah
Foundation’s Visual History Archive, making the university one of only three
Michigan institutions with access to the archive.

Lena Epstein is
campaigning as a
Republican for the
U.S. Senate seat
currently held by
Sen. Debbie
Stabenow. She is a
co-owner of
Southfield-based
Epstein
Vesco Oil Corp.
Appointed by Gov.
Rick Snyder to the Michigan Child
Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Board in 2012, she served on numer-
ous other boards, including the
Detroit Regional Chamber of
Commerce, the Detroit Historical
Society and the Community
Foundation of Southeast Michigan.

Tschirhart

The Southfield law
firm Maddin,
Hauser, Roth &
Heller P.C.
announced that the
Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit
has honored share-
holder John E.
Jacobs
Jacobs with the
William Davidson
Lifetime Achievement Award. The
award honors men and women who
have shown a sincere dedication to
Jewish life, as demonstrated by the
longevity of their work, the range of
their service and the leadership roles
they have assumed.

Julianna Allweiss Tschirhart of Oak Park received her
master’s degree in urban planning at the 2017 Taubman
College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Commencement in Ann Arbor. Tschirhart, a board member
of Transportation Riders United in Detroit, received two
honors at graduation. She was recognized for a group com-
munity service award and the sole recipient of the
American Institute of Certified Planners Award. She is the
daughter of Esther Allweiss Ingber and Richard Tschirhart.

Join us in
celebrating our
75th Anniversary!

This stand alone collectible edition will encompass
all aspects of our community over the last 75 years.

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