Gov. Rick Snyder appointed retired General Motors executive Roy S. Roberts to become the next emergency manager for the Detroit Public Schools, ending weeks of rumors and speculation. Snyder said he wanted a candidate from the Detroit area and called the 72-year-old Bloomfield Hills resident a team builder with perfect qualifications. Roberts, who completed graduate work at Wayne State University and Western Michigan University, made history as the highest-ranking African-American executive at GM before he retired in 2000.

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