university musical society - Ann Arbor District Library

CARL A. BRAUER, JR. and ISABELLE M. BRAUER
are both Ann Arbor natives. They have been active with
UMSfor many years, attending concerts and galas, and as
active volunteers. Mr. Brauer has served as Treasurer and
Chair of the Business and Finance Committee of the UMS
Board of Directors and is a member of the UMS Senate.
The Brauers have been generous contributors to UMSfor
more than 20 years, including sponsorship of the St. Matthew
Passion in 2000 and of Handel's Messiah for the past four
years. ^^ Mr. and Mrs. Brauer met in church and were
married in 1945. Mr. Brauer's father was the minister of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The Brauers continue to be
very active in their church. Mr. Brauer received a BSE
from U-M and developed a thriving business in commercial
and industrial development, owning Brauer Investment
Company. They have three living children, nine grand­
children, and six great-grandchildren, the most recent
being twin girls. Their son Charles met an untimely death
in 1985. fe^ UMS is especially pleased that our longtime
friends are securing the future of the musical work most
closely identified with UMS. It is the best of town-gown
relationships and is well represented by the Brauers' rela­
tionship to Ann Arbor and to UMS.