January 26, 2005

Farmington Hills couple fund WSU scholarship

A story profiling Harriet and Allan Gelfond and their funding of a $10,000 scholarship for Wayne State University social work majors appeared in the "Neighborhood News" section for Farmington, Farmington Hills and Novi. School of Social Work Dean Phyllis Vroom, who is quoted extensively in the story, said she met Allan Gelfond three or four years ago at a grants workshop and asked him for pointers on how to raise funds. Before long, Vroom invited Gelfond to join the School of Social Work's board of visitors and he eventually led a fund-raising workshop for the board. "What difference does a scholarship make?" Vroom said. "It keeps you out of deep debt or reduces the debt." A photo of the Gelfonds accompanies the story.

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