He was also owner of several North American professional sports teams and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

A Detroit native, Davidson was born to a Jewish family on December 5, 1922; he was a 1940 graduate of Central High School.

Following the war, Davidson garnered his Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1949.

[2] Guardian now stands as one of the world's giants of glass manufacturing with facilities in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America in addition to its sprawling North American interests.

[4] In 1974, Davidson and college classmate Oscar Feldman enlisted ex-Detroit Lions great Joe Schmidt to be part of a group bidding on the Tampa expansion franchise.

Two months later, Davidson learned that Pistons owner Fred Zollner was thinking of putting the team up for sale.

Davidson was displeased with this location, but opted not to join the Detroit Red Wings at the under-construction Joe Louis Arena.

Instead, he relocated the team to the Pontiac Silverdome in 1978 and then to The Palace of Auburn Hills, the first NBA arena financed entirely with private funds, in 1988.

Roundball Two, a newer, larger, multimillion-dollar aircraft refurbished with 42 luxury seats and a state-of-the-art video system, was purchased in the summer of 1998.

Regularly seen at the team's home games, Davidson had said repeatedly that he would never sell the Pistons and the franchise would remain in his family after he died.

In 1999, Davidson put in an unsuccessful bid to purchase the Tampa Bay Lightning and gain a controlling interest in their home arena, the Ice Palace.

In 2008, Davidson was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor for his successes as an owner of the Pistons and Shock.

In 1997, the Council of Michigan Foundations honored Davidson for his lifelong philanthropic efforts locally, nationally and internationally.

Davidson enabled the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to make long-term touring plans both in the U.S. and internationally with a renewable $2 million donation.

This was then the largest private donation ever given to the institute, a leading international science research center and graduate school.

[9] The funeral was held at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, in Southfield, and Davidson was buried in the Clover Hill Park Cemetery, in Birmingham.