Martin Nathan Kaplan

Background

Kaplan, Martin Nathan was born on November 14, 1916 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Abraham Louis and Eva (Schomer) Kaplan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1942.

Career

Senior electronics engineer, Convair, San Diego, 1951-1956; research engineer, American Machine and Foundry/Sunstrand, Pacoima, California, 1956-1959; senior research engineer, Ryan Electronics, San Diego, 1959-1963; senior design engineer, North America Aviation, Downey, California, 1963-1966; research specialist, Lockheed, Burbank, California, 1966-1970; member technical staff, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, 1980-1982; research scientist, Motorotor, North Hollywood, California, since 1983.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for Statorless Homopolar Motor, and Electromagnetic Transmission for Control of Rotary Power in Vehicles. Established presence of quantized ether using Lorentz forces. Now developing force field propulsion for spacecraft.

Membership

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Physical Society (life).

Connections

Married Florence Helen Grumet (divorced 1956). 1 child, Kathy Sue; Married Sylvia Greif, December 7, 1963.

Father:

Abraham Louis Kaplan

Mother:

Eva (Schomer) Kaplan

Spouse:

Sylvia Greif

Spouse:

Florence Helen Grumet

child:

Kathy Sue Kaplan