Robert Lee Kaplan

Background

Kaplan, Robert Lee was born on May 30, 1933 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Simon R. and Marian (Karpman) Kaplan.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1952; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1968.

Career

Chairman mathematics department, Commonwealth School, Boston, 1970-1993; chairman philosophy department, Commonwealth School, 1976-1993; inventor, lecturer conversations in mathematics, Harvard School Public Health, 1988-1991; member department mathematics, Harvard University, since 1993. Director, teacher mathematics and philosophy The Sage School, Foxborough, Massachusetts, since 1993, board directors. Co-founder, president, instructor The Math Circle, since 1994.

Member of advisory board, chairman program committee Mathematics Foundation American, since 1996. Member disting.teaching fellows program Harvard University, 1996, member Leverett House Senior Common Room, since 1996. Keynote speaker Center for Talented Youth, Boston Symposium, 1995, 96, 97, 98.

Invited lecturer American Mathematics Society Convention, 1997.

Achievements

• Robert Lee Kaplan has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics and philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Gargantua Club, Roysterers Club (president since 1985), Grange Club.

Connections

Married Ellen Franzen, October 24, 1957. 1 child, Michael Sebastian.

Father:

Simon R. Kaplan

Mother:

Marian (Karpman) Kaplan

Spouse:

Ellen Franzen

child:

Michael Sebastian Kaplan