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Gus Stavropoulos,
Former Vice Chairman of Leadership 100
Gus Stavropoulos of Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, who served as Vice Chairman
of Leadership 100 from 2001 to 2002,
passed away on June 16, 2024.
Stavropoulos was born on July 27, 1937,
in Anavriti, Nafpaktos Greece, the
youngest of nine children born to
Stavroula and George Stavropoulos. He
was predeceased by his parents and eight
siblings.
Survived by his beloved wife of nearly 61 years, Maria
(Cosma) and their four children Mark (Helen), who
served on the Leadership 100 Board of Trustees,
Nicholas, Michael (Anastasia), and Denise Michalos
(Thomas), he is also survived by the loves of his life, his
grandchildren, Vethania Stavropoulos, Athena
Stavropoulos, Constantine Stavropoulos, Konstandina
Stavropoulos, Panagiotis Stavropoulos, Soteri Michalos
(Niki), Vasiliki Michalos, Yianni Stavropoulos, Efiyenia
Stavropoulos, Vethania Michalos, Kostantinos
Stavropoulos, Eleni Stavropoulos, Konstandinos
Michalos, and Andreas Stavropoulos; and many loving
nieces, nephews and godchildren.
He immigrated from Greece to the United States in 1949
at age of eleven, where he lived and worked with his
family in Detroit. He later went on to graduate from
George Trade School where he learned to become an
accomplished tool and die maker. Through his training
and hard work, Gus built a group manufacturing related
companies, with some 500 employees. Most companies
were sold in the late nineties; however, he remained
active in a variety of business endeavors for many years
that followed.
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Stavropoulos was very active in the
Greek Orthodox Church, on both the
local, national, and international level.
He has held a series of positions within
the lay leadership of the church,
including Archon Depoutatos of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of
Constantinople for over 34 years,
Archdiocesan Council, the Orthodox
Christian Mission Center, along with
Leadership 100. In his local community,
he served as the Metropolis of Detroit Council Vice
Chairman and was the building committee chair and
grand benefactor, and along with his wife, the
godparents for the Saints Constantine and Helen Church
in Westland, Michigan. They are founding members and
benefactors of the St. Katherine Church in Naples, FL.
Some of his notable honors and awards include the
Hellenic Heritage Award, and the Ellis Island Medal of
Honor.
He enjoyed spending time on his beloved Marco Island,
FL. He and Maria hosted family members and friends in
his winter home. Of his pastime enjoyments, he loved to
golf with his boys, grandchildren, and friends as a
lifetime member of Western Golf and Country Club,
Naples National Golf Club and Marco Island Country
Club. In addition, he loved his time in the sun, making
memories with his kids and grandkids in the pool and at
the beach, and would often be seen playing
backgammon down by the pool with his friends. He was
a true philanthropist, always willing to help those in
need whether it be feeding the hungry or helping
someone start a business.
