Background
Kaplan, Joseph was born on September 8, 1902 in Tapolcza, Hungary. Son of Henry and Rosa (Lowy) Kaplan. brought to the United States, 1910.
Kaplan, Joseph was born on September 8, 1902 in Tapolcza, Hungary. Son of Henry and Rosa (Lowy) Kaplan. brought to the United States, 1910.
Bachelor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1924. AM, Johns Hopkins University, 1926. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1927.
Doctor of Science, University Notre Dame, 1957. Doctor of Science, Carleton College, 1957. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, Yeshiva University, 1958.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University Judaism.
Research fellow, Princeton University, 1927;
assistant professor physics, University of California, 1928-1935;
associate professor, University of California, 1935-1940;
professor, University of California, 1940-1970;
professor emeritus, University of California, 1970-1991;
department chairman physics and meteorology, University of California, 1938-1944;
director, Institute Geophysics, 1946-1947. National Sigma Xi lecturer, 1948-1949. Vice president International Geodesy and Geophysics,1960-1963, president, 1963-1967.
Representative committee space research International Council Science Unions, 1958-1967, also member Executive Board. Chairman West Los Angeles Coord. Council; member Commission 22, International Astronomical Union.
Member International Conference Science Advancement New States, Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1960, also governor WeizmannInst. Chairman United States National Committee International Geophysical Year, 1953-1963. Chairman panel geophysical research Science Advisory Board United States Air Force, also chairman science advisory group Office Aero-space Research, 1963-1969.
Past chairman academy council American Friends Hebrew University. Honorary member board governors Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Past board governors Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion.
Past board directors Reiss-David Clinic Child Guidance. Past member California administrative board Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion. With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union (John A. Fleming award 1969). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Astronomical Society, American Meteorological Society (honorary), West Los Angeles Rotary (honorary, president 1938), Tau Beta Pi, Tau Delta Phi, Scabbard and Blade.
Married Katherine E. Feraud, June 24, 1933 (deceased January 1977). Married Frances I. Baum, February 1984.