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A Life in the Balance: The Memoirs of Stanley J. Winkelman (Great Lakes Books Series)

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Stanley J. Winkelman (1922-1999) used to be a powerful and influential man in the Detroit business community. After graduating from the University of Michigan and becoming a research chemist, Winkelman later joined the family retail business started by this father and uncle in the early a part of the century. Even though Winkelman is credited with transforming the retail industry through shrewd business deals with in another country markets, his dedication to non secular, civic, and community affairs influenced much of Detroit’s social history. A Life in the Balance is the memoir of this great Detroit business leader.

Stanley J. Winkelman, World War II veteran and native Michiganian, revolutionized the retail industry by bringing quite priced European career fashions to women. He used to be a lifetime member of the local chapter of the NAACP, active in the Jewish Community Council, lifetime member of the Temple Beth El, and all over the 1967 Detroit riot took an active role in keeping city businesses from leaving city limits and making improvements to race relations. Winkelman used to be also an active member of New Detroit-an organization formed after the 1967 riots dedicated to increasing communication with the African American community-at the side of such leaders as Henry Ford II and Walter P. Reuther.

A Life in the Balance is not just the personal memoir of a Detroit business leader but also a record of Detroit’s social history through the life of one of its most prominent citizens. Readers interested in Detroit history will find Stanley Winkelman’s story an inspiring read.

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