Background
Kaplan, Nathan Oram was born on June 25, 1917 in New York City. Son of Philip and Rebecca (Uttef) Kaplan.
Kaplan, Nathan Oram was born on June 25, 1917 in New York City. Son of Philip and Rebecca (Uttef) Kaplan.
AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1943. Doctor of Science (honorary), Brandeis University, 1982.
Research associate, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1945-1949; assistant professor biochemistry, University of Illinois, 1949-1950; assistant professor biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1950-1952; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1952-1956; professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1956-1957; professor biochemistry, chairman graduate department biochemistry, Brandeis U., 1957-1968; professor of chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1968-1986; associate director, Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, 1980-1986. Adjunct Professor department neoplastic diseases Mount Sinai School Medicine, CUNY, New York City, 1976-1986. Fogarty scholar-in-residence National Institutes of Health, 1982.
Advisory committee Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Cancer Institute. Board directors American Cancer Society. Fellow Harvey Society (honorary).
Member American Chemical Society, American Society Biochemists, National Academy of Sciences, American Society Bacteriologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Cancer Society Council Research and Clinical Investigation, American Academy Arts and Sciences, International Union Biochemistry (United States national committee), Sigma Xi.
Married Goldie Levine, February 9, 1947. 1 son, Jerold Laurence.