January 12, 1912 - July 13, 1980
Personal Data
Born: January 12, 1912 in New York City
Died: July 13, 1980
Married: 43 years to Beatrice Dresher
Education
B.S. in History / Columbia University
Ph.D in Adult Education /Columbia University
B.J.A. / The Jewish Theological Seminary
Employment
Before 1945: High school teacher, a principal, and the Director of Adult Education for the public school system in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1945 - Served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War ll.
1945 and 1946, he was director for France of the American Joint Distribution Committee.
1946 - 1957: Became lecturer in labor economics and Head of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations Extension Service. He served as Assistant Director and Associate Director for the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations Extension Service.
Working in the Extension Service led him to his second career in continuing education.
1957 - 1966 Associate Director, Director, and Statewide Associate Dean of UC University Extension and professor of adult education at UCLA School of Education.
1967 - Finding President of Westchester Purchase campus at the State University of New York.
1967 - Studying for a certificate from the Behavioral Therapy Institute, and then he completed a two year program at the Post- Graduate center for Mental Health.
1977 - At age 65, Kaplan returned to UCLA as a professor in the Graduate School of Management, and as visiting professor in the Management of the Arts Program.
1977 - Dean of the California School of Professional Psychology.
Awards and Honors
Membership-Professional Organizations
In the field of Labor Relations:
American Arbitration Association
As an Adult Educator:
1958 Vice President, Adult Education Association of the United States of America (AEA)
1960 President, Adult Education Association of the United States of America (AEA)
In the Arts:
First Chairman of the California Arts Commission
Publications
20 works in 35 publications in 3 languages
Professional Interest Areas
Labor Relations
Administration of Arts Organizations
Psychology
Major Contributions to Adult Education
Scholarly articles on labor relations
Under Kaplan's direction the UCLA Extension service grew in the cultural and non-credit liberal arts field
Founded the UCLA's Professional theater group which later became the Music Center's Mark Taper Forum
Created the first university campus in the United States devoted solely to the teaching and practice of the arts - Westchester campus of the State University of New York
Higher education and public service
Additional Resources
Articles
Recent Doctoral Studies: Socio-Economic Circumstances
and Adult Participation in Certain Cultural and Educational Activities
Photo Gallery
Meet the candidates. (1959). Adult Leadership, 8(2),43.
Video/Audio
Presentations
Books
Most widely held works:
Study-Discussion in the Liberal Arts.
(2 editions published in 1960)
Socio-Economic Circumstances and Adult Participation in Certain Cultural and Educational Activities
(11 editions published between 1943 and 1975)
Making Grievance Procedures Work: The Southern California Experience
(3 editions between 1950 and 1964)
The Cultural Arts: conference number ll, University of California, Los Angeles, April 5-7 [1963]
A study of the Liberal Arts Discussion Program for Adults in the Metropolitan Los Angeles Area
(1 edition published in 1956)
A study of continuing education and public service at the University of Hawaii
(2 editions in 1967)
21st Annual meeting of the International Society of Blood Purification
(1 edition published in 2003)
Interesting Facts
Kaplan was known as the Renaissance Man for his extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments; he exemplified the liberally educated person.
References
University of California (1980). In memoriam, 1980: Abbott Kaplan, Management: Los Angeles
Retrieved from http://texts.cdlib.org/viewocId=hb1j49n6pv&chunk.id=div00052&brand =calisphere&doc.view=entire_text
University of California. (1947). Finding Aid for the Abbott Kaplan Papers.
Retrieved from http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5g5005pd/
University of California. (2012). Kaplan, Abraham Abbott 1912: Biographical history.
Retrieved from http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=kaplan-abraham-abbott-1912--cr.xml
Kaplan, A. A. (1944). Recent Doctoral Studies: Socio-Economic Circumstances and Adult Participation in Certain Cultural and Educational Activities. Teachers College Record, 46 (1), 56-58.
Meet the candidates. (1959). Adult Leadership, 9(2), 43.
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