Albert Sydney Kaplan

Background

Kaplan, Albert Sydney was born on November 29, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Rose Kaplan.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1941; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1952.

Career

National Foundation Infantile Paralysis fellow Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1952-1953, 53-54. Instructor preventive medicine Yale University, 1954-1955. Research associate department microbiology University Illinois, Urbana, 1955-1958.

Member, head department microbiology Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1958-1971. Research professor Temple University School Medicine, 1963-1971. Professor, chairman department microbiology Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1972-1989.

Chairman American Cancer Society Advisory Panel on Virology and Microbiology, 1980-1982. Member microbiology testing committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1979-1983. Member cancer special program advisory committee National Cancer Institute, 1981-1985, member science review committee virus cancer program, 1976-1980.

Member virology study section National Institutes of Health, 1970-1973, chairman, 1972-1973, chairman experimental virology study section, 1983-1985.

Achievements

• Albert Sydney Kaplan has been listed as a noteworthy microbiology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Microbiology (division chairman 1979-1980), American Association Immunologists (program committee 1973-1975), American Association Cancer Research, American Society Virology, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Tamar Ben-Porat, February 14, 1959. Children: Nira I., Daniel H.

Father:

Harry Kaplan

Mother:

Rose Kaplan

Spouse:

Tamar Ben-Porat

child:

Nira I. Kaplan

child:

Daniel H. Kaplan