Irving J. M. Kaplan ’41

IRVING KAPLAN, a former V.P. and member of the board of directors of Copperweld, died of lymphoma on July 22, 1989, in Pittsburgh's Presbyterian Univ. Hospital.

He came to Princeton from Shady Side Academy, majored in economics, and was a member of Gateway. Upon graduation, he joined Copperweld, a firm founded by his father and his grandfather, Jacob Roth, who held the patent for copper-clad steel. Irving retired in 1985 but continued to serve as a consultant to the company in the purchase of raw materials and as a director of the Copperweld Foundation.

He became board president of Rodef Shalom Congregation in 1972 and was a board member of the National Council of Christians and Jews, the American Lung Assn., the Western Conservancy, and the Planned Parenthood Center of Pittsburgh. He was also a former president of the Vocational-Rehabilitation Center and a member of the Duquesne Club, the Concordia Club, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Assn.

Surviving are his widow, Joan, three sons, and a sister. We send them our deepest sympathy on their loss.

The Class of 1941