(loosely based on an old Columbia University Marching Band chant) >From: Evan Hulka <[email protected]> >Newsgroups: alt.obituaries >Subject: Stanley Kaplan, test prep company founder >Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:25:47 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/24/financial/f125244D50.DTL&tsp=1 Associated Press Founder of Kaplan test prep centers, dead at 90 Monday, August 24, 2009 (08-24) 12:52 PDT New York (AP) -- The founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers Ltd., who built the nation's first test preparation company, has died. He was 90. Stanley H. Kaplan passed away from natural causes on Sunday at his home in New York City. He started his company from his parents' Brooklyn home in 1938, which later became a chain of over 100 centers nationally. Kaplan, rejected from medical school, believed that students should have access to higher education based on their capabilities, not connections. He began Kaplan centers to help students with SAT and other admissions tests. In 1984, Kaplan sold his business to The Washington Post Co. and dedicated his life to charitable causes. He is survived by his wife, Rita, and daughters Susan B. Kaplan and Nancy Kaplan Belsky. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
