Nation's Top Business Woman
Marian has earned a reputation as a dynamic force in the restaurant and entertainment industry. She continues to blaze new trails and respond to the changing needs of the marketplace. Marian Ilitch has received many awards. Ilitch was named one of Detroit’s Enterprising Women by the Detroit Historical Society in partnership with the Women’s Economic Club, National Association of Women Business Owners, Greater Detroit Chapter and Crain’s Detroit Business in 2004. In 2005, Ilitch earned Crain’s Detroit Business Top Women in Business Honoree. She was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in 2001 and in 2008, she was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted on Sept. 13, 2010, in Novi. Ilitch was named Michigan Executive of the Year by the Wayne State School of Business Administration in 1999, received the Hospice of Southeastern Michigan Council Crystal Rose Award for leadership, compassion and dedication to the community in 1997, and American Red Cross of Southeastern Michigan for aiding emergency services and the work of the Red Cross friends in 1996. She was also recognized by Working Women Magazine as the number one women business owner in the nation and the Greater Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners recognized Marian as one of Michigan’s Top 25 women business owners in 1994. Ilitch received the Roundtable for Women in Foodservice Pacesetter Award in recognition of lasting and outstanding contributions made by women in foodservice in 1988.
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