Sheldon Rose

On Aug. 15, 2020, the world lost a giant in the passing of Sheldon Rose. He was a husband, a father, a grandfather, businessman, philanthropist and freedom lover. Under his leadership, residential developer and management company Edward Rose & Sons, experienced exceptional success, and the causes he supported through his philanthropy made an immeasurable impact on the world. The generosity of the Rose family led to the establishment of the Rose Cancer Center at Royal Oak Beaumont hospital to help make leading cancer treatments available to the region. By the age of 93, Sheldon Rose had touched the lives of countless individuals through his business, kind nature, devotion to his principles and his generous spirit. The Mackinac Center is honored to have known and partnered with him, and friends of liberty everywhere should celebrate the life well-lived of Sheldon Rose with gratitude to his family for keeping alive the spirit of his enormous legacy.