Background
Kaplan, Bernice Antoville was born on April 21, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Meyer and Marie (Antoville) Kaplan.
Kaplan, Bernice Antoville was born on April 21, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Meyer and Marie (Antoville) Kaplan.
Bachelor of Arts, Hunter College, New York City, 1943; Master of Arts (University fellow 1944-1945, University and Field Museum fellow 1945-1946), University of Chicago, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1953.
Associate in anthropology, American Museum Natural History, 1941-1944; Associate in anthropology, Field Museum Natural History, 1947-1948; instructor anthropology and sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1947; instructor anthropology and sociology, Hobart and William Smith Colls., 1948-1949; instructor to associate professor anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1949-1967; associate professor, Wayne State University, 1967-1979; professor, Wayne State University, since 1979. Lecturer University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, summers 1955, 59, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1961. Field work, Michoacán, Mexico, 1948, 52, 53,59, 61, 65, and Province of Lambayeque, Peru, 1957-1958, London, 1977.
Republican, Birmingham (Michigan) Parent-Teachers Association Council to Birmingham Board Education, 1971-1976;board directors Southfield Junior Symphony, 1972-1975. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman of the section H 1973-1974), American Association Physical Anthropologists, Society for Applied Anthropology (member Executive Board 1976-1979). Member American Ethnological Society (secretary 1978-1982), Central State Anthropological Society (president 1972-1973, co-editor Central Issues in Anthropology 1978-1989), Sigma Xi.
Married Gabriel Ward Lasker, July 31, 1949. Children: Robert Alexander, Edward Meyer, Anne Titania.