WINKELMAN, Stanley J. 1922-1999

PERSONAL: Born September 23, 1922, in Sault Sainte Marie, MI; died August 19, 1999; son of Leon (a department store cofounder and president) and Josephine (Rosenblum) Winkelman; married Margaret Jayne Wallace, March 27, 1943; children: Andra Barr Winkelman Soble, Marjory Winkelman Epstein, Roger. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Michigan, B.S., 1943. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish.

CAREER: Research chemist for California universities, 1943-44; Winkelman Stores, Inc., Detroit, MI, staff member, 1946-48, general merchandise administrator, 1948-51, vice president and general merchandise manager, 1951-57, senior vice president, 1957-60, executive vice president, 1960-65, president and chief operating officer, 1965-76, chair and chief executive officer, 1976-84; Stanley Winkelman Associates, Farmington Hills, MI, consultant to business management, 1984-99. Observer/Eccentric Newspapers, photojournalist and special writer, 1987-99; Video Billboard, Inc., marketing consultant, 1990-92; also consultant to U.S. Agency for International Development. Detroit Commission on Community Relations, member, 1962-70; Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, member of board of directors, 1968-71; New Detroit, Inc., member of executive committee, 1969-88, chair, 1971, honorary member of board of directors, 1986-99; Metropolitan Affairs Corp., member of board of directors, 1970-99, president, 1977-85; Detroit Citizens Education Task Force, cochair, 1972-76; Detroit Board of Education, member of Monitoring Commission, 1974-78; Detroit Economic Growth Corp., member of board of directors, 1976-90, cochair of Expenditures Task Force, 1976-78; Detroit Renaissance, Inc., member of board of directors, 1979-84, member of long-range planning committee, 1979-88; Detroit Executive Service Corps, director, 1984-86, vice chair, 1986-95, director emeritus, 1996-99; Detroit Strategic Planning Project, member of task force on jobs and economic development, 1987-88. Economic Alliance for Michigan, member of board of directors, 1982-85; Michigan Governor's Commission on Higher Education, member, 1983-84; Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, chair, 1986-91. Wayne State University, creator of fellowship in gerontology, 1960-80, member of advisory committee for Walter Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, beginning 1965, vice president of Wayne State University Fund, 1975; University of Michigan, creator of Memorial Lecture for Visiting Scholars in Gerontology, 1978, creator of Winkelman Memorial Chair in Retail Marketing, 1980, guest lecturer, 1986, 1988. Member of board of directors, Win Spot Co. Ltd., 1985-88, Entertainment Publications, Inc., 1986-92, Real Estate One, beginning 1987, Family Express Video, 1988-91, and Ambassador Funds, Comerica Bank, 1989-94. Member of board of trustees, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Hall, beginning 1985. Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, member of board of directors, 1956-99, president, 1960-63; Jewish Welfare Federation, board member, beginning 1956, member of executive committee, 1965-84, vice president, 1969-74; Union of American Hebrew Congregations, member of National Commission on Social Action, 1958-70; Jewish Home for the Aged, member of board of directors, 1958-61; Detroit Round Table of Christians and Jews, member, 1963-88; Council of Jewish Welfare Funds, member of Urban Affairs Commission, 1977-80, 1985-88; Jewish Community Foundation, chair, 1979-88. United Foundation, board member, 1950-91, member of executive committee, 1969-91; United Community Services, member of board of directors, 1970-75; Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, board member, beginning 1984, cochair of Development Committee, 1984-90. National Commission for U.S.-China Relations, member, 1977-88; National Municipal League, member of council, 1977-80. Military service: U.S. Navy, Amphibious Forces, 1944-46; became lieutenant junior grade.

MEMBER: National Retail Merchants Association (director, 1966-85; member of executive committee, 1974-85; chair of consumer affairs, 1976-85; vice president, 1978-85), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life member), Historical Society for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (vice president, 1992-93), Detroit Economic Club (director, 1968-96), Detroit Club, Franklin Hills Country Club, University of Michigan President's Club.

AWARDS, HONORS: St. Cyprian Award, 1965; Amity Award, American Jewish Congress, 1968; Liberty Bell Award, Detroit Bar Association, 1968; Human Relations Award, University of Detroit, 1968; Histadrut Award, 1975; Wayne State University, Builder of Detroit Award, 1975, D.H.L., 1993; Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award, Jewish Welfare Association, 1979; Silver Plaque, National Retail Merchants Association, 1982; Great American Traditions Award, B'nai B'rith, 1982; Tree of Life Award, Jewish National Fund, 1983; Knights of Charity Award, P.I.M.E. Missionaries, 1984; Booker T. Washington Award, 1985; Mercy Medallion Award, Mercy College of Detroit, 1986.

WRITINGS:

A Life in the Balance: The Memoirs of Stanley J. Winkelman, Wayne State University Press (Detroit, MI), 2000.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Michigan Historical Review, fall, 2001, Kenneth Waltzer, review of A Life in the Balance: The Memoirs of Stanley J. Winkelman, p. 191.

[Date of death provided by wife, Margaret W. Winkelman.]