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Bloomfield Hills:
Terry Adderley - Kelly Services
Eugene Applebaum
- Arbor Drugs
William F. Pickard
- Regal Plastics
Richard Dauch
- American Axle & Gear
Anthony F. Earley, Jr.
-CEO/DTE
Robert J. Eaton
Gary Cowger
-GM
John Devine
-GM
Irma Elder
- Car Dealer
- Elder Ford/Jaguar
David Handleman
-Handleman Company
John Rakolta [[Terry)
- Walbridge & Aldinger
David Fischer
- Car Dealer
- Suburban Collection
Marilyn Kelly
- MI Supreme Court justice
Geoffrey Nels Fieger
- Attorney
Henry Baskin
- Attorney
Eugene Hagopian
Thomas Celani
- Casinos
Richaed Golden
-DOC
J. T. Battenberg
- Delphi Automotive
Wayne Cherry
-famed auto designer
Kenneth Whipple
- COB - CMS Energy
Anton Letica
-Letica Corp.
Grosse Pointe:
William Clay Ford [[Martha Firestone) GPS
- Billionaire
- Detroit Lions
Richard Manoogian GPF
- Billionaire
- MASCO
Manuel J. “Matty” Moroun GPS
- unconfirmed net worth of over $600 million per Forbes
-owns the Ambassador Bridge, 5% of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
-owns CenTra Inc. - fifth largest private trucking company in US
- owns portion of Citizens Bank, owns an insurance company and large parcels of land in southwest Detroit including Michigan Central Depot
Elena A. Ford [[Joseph D. Rippolone) GPF
- Elena is Director of Ford’s North American product marketing, planning & strategy
- great great granddaughter of Henry Ford
- daughter of Stavros Niarchos & Charlotte Ford
Archie Arthur Van Elslander GPS
-Art Van Furniture
-4th largest furniture retailer in the U.S.
John A. Boll, Sr. [[Marlene) GPS
- Chateau Communities, Inc. - Publicly traded on NYSE as CPJ, operates as a REIT
-owns 212+ manufactured home sites [[70,000+ homes)
and 1,400+ park model/RV sites
-operates in 36 states
- helped fund new downtown YMCA
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. GPS
-Buffalo Bills
-insurance
-Ralph C. Wilson Enterprises - diversified management and investment
company with interests ranging from highway construction to venture capital to
ownership of 2 TV stations and construction co. in Denver
Paul D. Alandt [[Lynn McNaughton Ford) GPS
- Car Dealer
- Lynn is the daughter of the late Benson Ford
Edsel Bryant Ford, II [[Cynthia Layne Neskow) GPF
- Ford heir
- great grandson of Henry Ford
- CEO/President - Pentastar Aviation
Anthony L. Soave GPF
-former owner of City Management Corp,
-sold company in 1997 for $780 million
Robert G. Liggett, Jr GPS
-Elias Bros. Restaurants Inc. owner of “Big Boy” restaurants
John W. Stroh, III GPF
- Stroh Companies, Inc.
James B. Nicholson GPF
- PVS Chemicals Inc.
Maurice M. Taylor GPF
- Titan Wheel International, Inc.
-world's largest producer of wheels for off-road vehicles
-1996 Republican Presidential Candidate
Michael J. Malik GPS
-casinos
Anita Baker GPC
[[Walter Bridgforth, Jr.)
- Anita - famed singer, second most Grammys won by
a female artist after Aretha Franklin
- Walter Bridgforth, Jr. - WBBJ Investment Co./Developer
Keith E. Crain GPC
- Crain Communications
Gretchen Carhartt Valade GPF
-Carhartt Inc. heiress
- Mack Avenue Records
-recent $10m donation to Detroit Jazz Festival
Mark R. Valade GPF
- son of Gretchen Carhartt Valade
- CEO & President/Carhartt, Inc.
Ted Gatzaros GPP
Dimitrius “James” Papas GPS
-developers and former business partners
in 2000 sold interest in Greektown Casino
for $212 million
Nico Gatzaros GPC
Cullan F. Meathe GPF
- Metro Cars, Inc.
Atanas Ilitch GPF
- Olympia Development
Thomas Lee Schoenith GPC
- The Roostertail
Todd V. Callewaert GPF
- Owner/Island House Hotel on Mackinaw Island and Rybas Fudge Shops
Joseph P. Kaiser GPF
- Gallagher-Kaiser Corp.
Robert S. Kaiser GPP
- President/Gallagher- Kaiser Corp
Edward K. Christian GPF
-Saga Communications Inc.
-radio broadcast co. which owns
13 FM & 8 AM radio stations
Peter A. Schweitzer GPF
-Chairman/ J. Walter Thompson Co.
-former CEO/President of J. Walter Thompson Co.
Richard S. Crawford GPF
-The Crawford Group, LLC
Alfred R. Glancy, III GPF
Matthew P. Cullen GPS
- GM
James E. Brock, Jr. GPF
- Middleton Moldings
Kirk H. Gibson GPF
Richard Golden GPP
-Golden Form Inc.
John M. Olson GPF
- JM Olson Co.
Anthony J. Selvaggio GPF
Chester “Chet” A. Huber GPF
-President - OnStar Corporation
Robert E. Marowske GPF
-Flame Furnace Co. [[founder & CEO)
-MI's largest heating & cooling contractor
Mathew J. Moroun GPF
- Vice Chairman/CenTra Inc.
William P. Vititoe GPC
- Director/Comerica
Jack Perlmutter GPF
- famed interior designer/Perlmutter-Friewald, Inc.
Daniel Clancy GPF - famed interior designer/Perlmuter-Friewald, Inc.
Dexter Joseph “DJ” Kennedy GPC
- famed interior designer
Dominic C. Pangborn GPS
-Pangborn Designs
-best known for ties
William C. Rands III GPC
-Rands Investment Co.
-Sagres Partners, LLP
James Randolph Agley GPP
- Talon Inc.
Gebran S. Anton GPC
-Anton, Zorn & Associattes
-commercial & industrial real estate brokerage
-helped redevelop downtown Mount Clemens
William F. Coyro, Jr. GPP
-National TechTeam Inc.
Robert E. McCabe GPW
- retired President of Detroit Renaissancee [[71-93)
- helped start the Detroit Grand Prix, Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival, assisted in creation of Hart Plaza, completion of Renaissance Center
-Detroit News - 1982 Michiganian of the Year
Mariam C. Noland GPF
- President/Community Foundation for Southeastern MI
Thomas R. Andris GPP
-Arrow Uniform Co.
Roger Fridholm GPP
- Of Counsel Enterprises, Inc.
Paul J. Stanford GPP
-Car Dealer/Les Stanford Chevrolet
Kenneth G. Meade GPP
- Car Dealer
-The Meade Group Inc.
-Meade Lexus-Lamborghini, Pointe Dodge, Champion Chrysler, Cars & Cars Inc.
Gordon L. Stewart GPS
-Car Dealer
Joseph Ricci GPF
- Car Dealer
Arthur J. Roshak GPF
-Car Dealer
Maura D. Corrigan GPP
- Chief Justice of MI Supreme Court
Robert P. Young, Jr. GPP
- MI Supreme Court Justice
John P. Jacobs GPF
- Attorney
- appellate defense attorney
- referred to as “The Anti-Fieger”
- has defeated Geoff Fieger
in 12 out of 13 appeals
Edward Irving Book GPS
Herbert V. Book, Jr. GPC
John Lord Booth II [[Rebecca) GPS
Ralph Harmon Booth II
-Booth American Co.
Louise C. Booth GPF
Cynthia Book Bowen GPF
Kevin P. Broderick GPF
Wilber Marion Brucker, Jr. GPF
Thomas Christian Buhl [[Lindsay Zeder Ford) GPF
- Thomas: - son of Lawrence D. Buhl, Jr.
- Lindsey - great-great-granddaughter of Henry Ford
Thomas Campau, Jr. GPC
William R. Chapin GPC
Frank Couzens III GPF [[deceased)
C. Howard Crane, II GPF
-heir of famed architect
Timothy M. Crowley GPP
Mary Anne Dodge Donaher
- Dodge heir
Peter Anthony Dow GPF
Lawrence DuMouchelle GPF
Charles Thomas Fisher III GPF
-Fisher Body heir
-former CEO of NBD
Alfred J. Fisher, Jr. GPS [[deceased)
-Fisher Body heir
Alfred J. Fisher III GPF
-Fisher Body heir
-President/Fisher & Co.
Michael R. Fisher GPF
-Fisher Body heir
-Fisher & Co.
Walter Briggs Fisher GPF [[moved out of state?)
John Battice Ford, III GPF
Walter Buhl Ford, III GPS
Emory Moran Ford, Jr. [[Anne Virginia Fisher) GPF [[deceased)
Harvey C. Fruehauf, Jr. GPF [[moved out of state)
H. Richard Fruehauf, Jr. GPF
-HRF Resources, Inc.
-Fruehauf Trucking
H. Richard Fruehauf, III GPF
Christopher Gamble GPF
Stephanie Germack GPF
- Germack Pistachio Company
Hugo Scherer Higbie [[Marion Chapin) GPF [[deceased, heirs still living)
- Higbie Maxon Agney
George M. Holley, Jr. GPS
Arthur B. Hudson GPF
Gilbert Hudson GPC
Joseph Lowthian “JL” Hudson, Jr. GPF
Robert Jewett GPF [[moved out of state)
James Thayer McMillan III GPF
-Ferndale Laboratories
Jeffrey J. Palms GPC
Robert J. Petz, Jr. GPF
- Dodge heir
Richard Booth Platt GPF
-Proform Automotive
Edward Charles Roney, Jr. [[Eleanor M. Couzens) GPF
Frank J. Roney GPF
John Stephen Scherer GPF
- R. P. Scherer heir
-pharmaceuticals/inventor of gell cap
Joseph A. Simon GPF
Peter R. Stroh GPP
Pierre A. Stroh GPF [[moved out of state)
Whitney W. Stroh GPF
David J. Woodward GPC
Barbara Wrigley GPF
George A. Wrigley GPF
Bob Allen GPF
- Web General Manager/Crains Detroit Business
Scott Lewis GPP
- Reporter/Fox Ch. 2
Leon D. Mandel, IV
-Autoweek
Nancy Nall GPW
- Writer
Michael Novak GPS
- VP Brass Ring Productions
- Attorney
Devin G. Scillian GPP
-WDIV Ch. 4 News Anchor
Paul W. Smith GPP
- Radio personality/WJR -760 AM
John E. Smyntek GPF
- Writer
Pete Waldmeir GPW
- Writer
and in conclusion....
Dr. Bader J. Cassin GPF
Dr. Ljubisa J. Dragovic GPF
-Oakland County’s Chief Medical Examiner since 1991
Dr. Werner U. Spitz GPS
Dr. Daniel J. Spitz GPF