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OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY
had a sense of humor, enjoying a
good laugh over a clever joke.
Inspired by their father’s example,
all three children have continued his
legacy of community service in their
own lives.
Schwartz earned honors and awards
from numerous organizations for
his selfless service, including the
prestigious Fred M. Butzel Memorial
Award from the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit.
In 2013, he was the first recipient
of the Alan E. Schwartz award for
outstanding community service,
created in his honor by former
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing.
Other accolades include the George
W. Romney Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Volunteerism,
the Max M. Fisher Community
Service Award from United Way
for Southeastern Michigan, and the
Judge Learned Hand Award from
the American Jewish Committee.
He was honored by New Detroit and
received honorary Doctor of Law
degrees from Wayne State University
and the University of Detroit. In
addition, Schwartz was inducted
into the International Institute of
Metropolitan Detroit Hall of Fame
in 1984 and named a Detroit News
Michiganian of the Year in 1987.
Alan and Marianne shared an
intense passion for art, accumulating
one of the world’s greatest private
collections of works on paper, from
Rembrandt to Albrecht Dürer to
Picasso, with a concentration in
American prints. They established
the Schwartz Galleries of Prints and
Drawings at the Detroit Institute
of Arts (DIA), which honored the
couple with the DIA Lifetime Service
Award in 1977.
Alan furthered his commitment to
the community by making generous
donations to countless Jewish and
secular causes, including the Hebrew
Free Loan Association, the Arthritis
Foundation, University of Michigan
Hillel, Tamarack Camps, the Zionist
Organization of America (ZOA),
the Allied Jewish Campaign, the
Jewish National Fund, Kadima,
the Weizmann Institute of Science,
B’nai Brith International, the Janice
Charach Gallery, Meadowbrook
Theater and the Hudson-Webber
Foundation in Detroit.
Alan E. Schwartz is survived
by his cherished children, Marc
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