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Maintenance Fund, which
is aimed at maintaining the
physical beauty of the cam-
pus, along with enhancing
and upgrading its buildings
and facilities.
They also include an
endowment for a children’s
playground named for Rhea
and Robert Brody, and past
funds have included support
for students impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Both Cathy and James
Deutchman have served
as presidents of the local
chapter of Technion, with
Cathy Deutchman serving
as immediate past president
and James Deutchman as
president in the 1980s.
They’ve also both served
on the American Technion
Society National Board,
where James Deutchman
is now an emeritus direc-
tor and Cathy Deutchman
chairs the Programs
Committee. In June 2022,
she co-led the Women of
American Technion Society
Mission to Israel.
Cathy and James
Deutchman have each
served on the Technion
Board of Governors, as well.
In addition to their
support for Technion,
the Deutchmans are very
active at their synagogue,
Temple Beth El, where
James Deutchman is a
past president. They also
support Detroit Historical
Society, Jewish Hospice and
Chaplaincy of Michigan,
music programs for patients
with dementia, Ohio State
University and University of
Michigan.
“To me, the Technion
is how Israel will survive,”
Cathy Deutchman says.
“That’s why we continue to
support Technion; we need
Technion to survive.”