U-M to celebrate stamp honoring alumnus Raoul Wallenberg

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan and the U.S. Postal Service will celebrate the issuance of the Raoul Wallenberg commemorative postage stamp in a free, public ceremony at 1:30 p.m. April 27 at the Rackham Building Auditorium.

The event, which follows the first-day issuance of the stamp on April 24 in Washington, D.C., will feature remarks by U-M President Lee C. Bollinger, Carl January and S. David Fineman of the U.S. Postal Service, Sen. Carl Levin, Rep. Lynn Rivers and Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon.

Wallenberg, who graduated from the U-M in 1935 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture, was a Swedish diplomat to Budapest who helped save the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II by bargaining with Nazi officials, establishing safehouses, distributing false passports, disguising Jews in Nazi uniforms, and setting up checkpoints to avert deportations. For more information on the ceremony, call Vi Benner at the U-M Rackham School of Graduate Studies, (313) 647-4566.

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