April 2008 Speakers |
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Optimist Club of West Bloomfield
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No charge for the
breakfast programs which are open to guests. RSVP
REQUIRED – call Breakfast
Programs held Tuesdays from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Fiddler
Restaurant |
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Tuesday April 22, 2008 |
Hon. Dennis Archer |
Former Supreme Court Justice, Former Mayor of Detroit and Former President of the American Bar AssociationCurrently is Chairman of Dickinson Wright. Archer served as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court from 1985 to 1993 and as mayor of Detroit from 1993 to 2001. In his last year as a Michigan Supreme Court justice, he was named "most respected judge in Michigan" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. As mayor, Archer worked to repair the city's relations with its suburbs and the local business community, through cooperation with suburban business leaders on their redevelopment plans for the city. Archer was a strong supporter and the catalyst for numerous construction projects in downtown Detroit, including new stadiums for the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers respectively. He also became president of the National League of Cities during his last year as Mayor of Detroit. |
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Tuesday April 29, 2008 |
Gary Faber, Ed. D |
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Superintendent of the West Bloomfield School District Dr. Farber has announced that he is retiring at the end of the school year. Dr. Faber truly exemplifies a servant leader and is an advocate and role model for his students, staff, and community members. Faber began his employment with the school district as a high school principal in 1983, and served just under 10 years in that capacity. During his tenure, West Bloomfield High School was twice named an Exemplary School by the State of Michigan and twice named a National Exemplary School. Faber was honored as Principal of the Year for the State of Michigan in 1992. Faber was designated as a Diversity Champion by the Race Relations and Diversity Task Force in 2006. He is a recipient of the 1999 Dove Award from the Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies. In 2006-07, the Michigan School Administrators Association named Faber Superintendent of the Year for Region 9 (Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties) and he currently serves as legislative liaison representing 86 school districts in all three counties. |
Guests are welcome to attend the breakfast meetings which are held from 7:30am – 8:30 am at:
Fiddler Restaurant, located at 6676 Orchard Lake Road (south of Maple Road) in West Bloomfield.
Space is limited; reservations are requested.