Louis Kuplan

Background

Kuplan, Louis was born on August 11, 1906 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Eva (Brodsky) Kuplan.

Education

Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1929. Postgraduate, University California, Berkeley, 1935. Postgraduate, University California, Berkeley, 1938.

Career

County director, California Relief Administration, 1934-1940; administrative assistant, Farm Security Administration, San Francisco, 1940-1943; senior administrative assistant, Federal Public Housing Authority, San Francisco, 1943-1945; public assistance analyst, Social Security Administration, San Francisco, 1945-1947; chief division old age security, California Department Social Welfare, 1947-1951; executive secretary, California Interdeptl. Coordinating Committee Aging, 1950-1955; executive secretary, California Citizens Advisory Committee Aging, 1955-1960; editor, Maturity magazine, 1954-1960; editorial consultant, Harvest Years Public Company, San Francisco, 1960-1963; specialist retirement planning, Management Development Center, U. San Francisco, 1960-1961; lecturer, University of California Extensions, 1965-1969, 70, 73; lecturer, U. San Francisco, 1962-1969; instructor, Merritt College, Oakland, California, 1969-1974; instructor, Contra Costa College, from 1972; instructor, Diablo Valley College, from 1972. Director Center on Aging, Urban Life Institute, U. San Francisco, 1968-1969.

Member of advisory board Retirement Advisers, Inc., New York City, 1958-1960. Chairman trustees Emeritus Education, Inc., Palo Alto, California, 1971-1975. National advising committee White House Conference Aging, 1961.

Member technical advising committee on education White House Conference on Aging, 1970-1972. Member of advisory commission on aging California Department Mental Hygiene, 1969-1973. Science council Gerontological Research Foundation, St. Louis, 1957-1963.

Council geriatrics and gerontology Pan American Medical Association, 1957-1962. Committee aging American Public Welfare Chairman's Association Attorney General California Adv.Com. Problems Aging, 1972-1974.

President 5th International Congress Gerontology, 1960. Vice president, vice Chairman, Board Of Directors Longevity Foundation, 1960-1970. Moderator, producer television program A Gift of Time, KRON-television, 1969-1978.

Board dirs.Food Advisory Service, from 1975, Optimum Achievers, Inc., from 1981, San Francisco Catholic Committee on Aging, from 1975.

Achievements

• Louis Kuplan has been listed as a noteworthy consulting gerontologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Gerontological Society United States (president 1958-1959). Member International Association Gerontology (president 1960-1963, citation 1960), Western Gerontology Society (now American Society on Aging) (founder, president 1955-1956, named Gerontologist of Year 1957, award leadership 1975), National Association Social Workers, American Public Welfare Association, American Psychological Association. Honorary member geriatric and gerontological societies Argentina, Chile.

Connections

Married Katherine FitzGerald, September 9, 1936.

Father:

Abraham Kuplan

Mother:

Eva (Brodsky) Kuplan

Spouse:

Katherine FitzGerald