Decision to go to Pharmacy School After Eugene graduated from Detroit’s Central High School, he attended Wayne State University along with many of his high school classmates. When he started college, Gene had hopes of becoming a lawyer. His parents swayed him from that idea because in those days it was not easy for a Jew […]
Beyond the teachings and examples of his parents, several seminal events shaped the leadership and philanthropic mind of Eugene Applebaum. A Pivotal Moment One day in 1947, Gene was riding down Woodward Avenue with his mother and noticed Aaron Deroy’s name on the Jewish Community Center. He asked his mother, “Why is his name on […]
Eugene’s parents, Joseph and Minnie Applebaum, both came to the United States from small Eastern European communities. Joseph Applebaum Joseph Applebaum grew up in Zhitomir, a famous Jewish settlement in Russia, and migrated to the U.S. before his bar mitzvah. If not for his family in Detroit, he would have made Aliyah and moved to […]
