Background
Caplan, Louis was born on September 15, 1886 in. Son of David and Rachel Caplan.
Caplan, Louis was born on September 15, 1886 in. Son of David and Rachel Caplan.
Bachelor of Laws, University Pittsburgh, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1966.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1912, since practiced in Pittsburgh. Member firm Sachs & Caplan, 1919-1945. Director May, Stern & Company, Keystone Bank, Pittsburgh Board of directors Action Housing Pittsburgh, 1957-1976.
President, board directors Louis J. and Mary E. Horowitz Foundation, to 1972. Board of Governors (honorary) Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, Cincinnati. Trustee Pittsburgh United Jewish Federation, 1956-1958, Leon Falk Family Trust, Lehman-Epstine Trust, Halpern Foundation Past president, honorary president J.M. Gusky Hebrew Orphanage and Home of Western Pennsylvania.
Board directors, past national vice president, chairman of the executive board American Jewish Committee, president, 1961-1962, honorary president, from 1962, Louis Caplan Center on Group Identity and Mental Health established, 1977.
Served as First lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps., United States Army, 1918-1919. Member American, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County (president 1954) bar associations, 3d Circuit Federal Judicial Conference, American Law Institute.