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continues, his family 
business became one of the 
first alpha hydroxy acid 
(AHA) companies in the 
United States; AHA, he says, 
helped spark the “aesthetic 
revolution.” 
It was also around this 
time that Milstein developed 
and patented the drug 
Atralin, a unique version 
of Retin-A that was just as 
effective but without the side 
effects of irritation, itching 
and peeling.
After initially working 
as C&M Pharmacal’s 
sales director, Milstein 
succeeded his father as 
president of the company 
in 1985. Fueled by Glytone’s 
success, C&M Pharmacal 
was acquired by Genesis 
Pharmaceutical in 1998. 

The company’s acquisition 
proved a financial windfall 
for Milstein, who decided to 
use a portion of the proceeds 
from his new-found wealth 
to help those less fortunate.

THE PHILANTHROPIC 
FUND
With the monies, he and 
his wife established a 
Philanthropic Fund, through 
the Jewish Federation of 

Metropolitan Detroit, whose 
primary purpose is to award 
and assist those in need 
and to promote academic 
excellence. 
The Hebrew Free Loan 
Society, the Fresh Air 
Society, the Crohn’s & Colitis 
Foundation, the kosher 
food bank Yad Ezra and the 
Allied Jewish Campaign are 
all among the organizations 
receiving support through 

annual disbursement of the 
fund. Milstein credits his 
cousin, Jonathan D. Lowe, 
the director of charitable gift 
planning at Federation, for 
his help and guidance with 
the fund.
The fund is also 
responsible for supporting 
scholarships to psychology 
students at Palomar College 
in San Marcos, California, 
where Milstein’s brother, 
Louis, teaches psychology 
and initiated the scholarship; 
Milstein says another 
scholarship at MiraCosta 
College in Oceanside, 
California, also started by 

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Berkley High alums Curtis 
Armstrong and Elliot Millstein 
celebrate the publication of the 
2018 book on P.G. Wodehouse 
they co-authored.

B I R M I N G H A M

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