- Date Of Birth: February 9, 1931
- Date Of Death: July 7, 2020
- State: Connecticut
MICHAEL RAMBUS died from heart failure on July 7, 2020 in New Haven, Connecticut. Mike was born in Peabody, Massachusetts on February 9, 1931 and moved to Ferndale, Michigan in 1942. Upon graduation from Lincoln High (now Ferndale High), he was a recipient of the George N. Higgins four-year scholarship to attend college. Mike graduated from Detroit Institute of Technology Pharmacy School in 1952. He married Silvia Dritsas in 1956 and they moved to Farmington Hills, Michigan. They have five wonderful children. He bought McMillan Drug Company Inc, located in Huntington Woods, in 1956 and remained there until he retired in 1985. He was a member of the American Druggist Association, National Association of Retail Druggists, and the Oakland County Pharmacists Association. His pharmacy was one of the early drug stores that dispensed methadone to help individuals with drug addictions. Mike was invited to become a member of the Berkley Rotary Club in 1958 and was elected as District Governor of Rotary International in 1996-1997, overseeing 52 Rotary clubs in Southeastern Michigan and Southwestern Ontario. He traveled extensively for Rotary, twice to the Philippine Islands, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, India, Lebanon, Egypt, and Greece, at his own expense. These were humanitarian programs for polio victims and indigent people. Mike attended more than 30 Rotary International conventions, many with his family.
Mike is survived by his wife, Silvia; his brother, Jim (Sally); his children, Dr. Emili (Dr. Tay Bosley), Dr. Erica, Dr. Elizabeth, Dr. Carolyn (Dr. Shawn Cowper), Michael Peter (Samantha). He has eight grandchildren: Nickolas, Erika, Gretchen, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Emma, Bryson, and Aris. Mike is predeceased by his parents, Peter Michael Rambus and Efthemia Nicolaides.
