Background
Kaplan, Sheldon Zachary was born on November 15, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jacob and Lizzie (Strogoff) Kaplan.
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Sheldon Zachary Kaplan, American Lawyer. Bar: Massachusetts 1940, District of Columbia 1957, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1957, also Gray's Inn of London. Decorated médaille de la Reconnaissance Française (France); Bronze Star medal United States; Orden Del Quetzal (Guatemala); Orden al Merito (Peru).
Education
AB with honors, Yale University, 1933. Postgraduate, Harvard University Law School, 1934. Bachelor in Jurisprudence, Brasenose College, Oxford University, England, 1937.
Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1945. Licence en Droit équivalence, University Nancy, France, 1944. International law student, University Paris and l'Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, 1945.
Doctor honoris causa, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University, Lima, Peru, 1970. Doctor honoris causa, University San Martin de Porres, 1979.
Career
Research associate, Elder, Whitman and Weyburn, Boston, 1937-1940;
sole practice, Boston, 1940-1942;
assistant to legal adviser, Department State, Washington, 1947-1949;
staff consultant, House Foreign Affairs Committee, 1949-1957;
partner, Dodd, Kaplan & Schmidt, Washington, 1957-1958;
administrative assistant to the United States senator, 1959;
legal counsel to, Government Guatemala in the United States, 1960-1962, 77-78;
general counsel, Latin American and Center American Sugar Council, 1963-1965;
counsel, Center Bank Honduras, 1962-1964;
counsel, Martin & Burt, 1959-1962;
counsel, Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, 1962-1967;
counsel, SAHSA
counsel, Honduras Airlines, 1963-1977;
special international counsel, Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc Company, 1971-1974;
partner, Bechhoefer, Sharlitt & Lyman, Washington, 1975-1979;
counsel, Ward & Mendelsohn, Washington, 1985-1990. Member of the United States Special Mission to Costa Rica, 1949, El Salvador, 1950, Europe, 1951, 53, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Indochina, 1953, Latin American, 1954, Uruguay, 1955, C. American, 1955, Guatemala, 1957, Europe, 1957. Congressional adviser, member United States delegate 10th General Assembly of United Nations, 1955.
Delegate Government Nicaragua 18th and 19th sessions International Sugar Council, London, 1964, 65. Board of directors Glaydin School, Leesburg, Virginia, 1965-1970. United States advisory board Campion Hall, University of Oxford, 1974-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Republican candidate for United States Congress 8th Congressional District, Maryland., 1974. Servedto captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946, E.T.O. Member Bar Association District of Columbia, American Society International Law, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Brasenose Society (Oxford, England), Military Order of Carabao, Oxford and Cambridge Club (London), Yale Club of New York City, Kildare St. Club (Dublin), Cosmos Club, Armyand Navy Club, Harvard Club of Washington.
Connections
Married Megan Vondersmith, May 8, 1947. Children: Eldon, Deborah Kaplan Kovach, Daniel, Philip, Rebecca, Abigail Kaplan McKenna.
Education
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1933
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1934
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1937
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1945
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1944
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1945
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1970
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1979