Joshua E. Kaplan ’67

Josh Kaplan, a caring doctor and a pioneering administrator who directed health services at Bowling Green State U. since 1984, died Jan. 2, 2004, after a five-year battle with cancer.

Josh was born in NYC. A biology major at Princeton, he was Dial athletics chairman and roomed with Steve Rosenberg, Lou Birenbaum, John Capestro '69, David Smith '68, Russell Barron '68, and Chuck Gardner. Josh would go out of his way to help a friend. He was an optimist who could find a silver lining in the most depressing circumstances (e.g., the Orgo final).

After receiving his medical degree from SUNY's Downstate Medical Center, Josh interned at SF's Presbyterian Hospital, completed his residency at St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, and worked in hospital emergency departments in California.

Josh spearheaded creation of a women's health clinic at Bowling Green and strengthened health education on topics relevant to students, including an innovative AIDS education program. Respected as a fair administrator, he loved working with students and they responded to his sense of humor.

Josh was past president of the Ohio College Health Assn. and served on the American College Health Assn. board, which created a fund in his name.

Surviving are his wife, Becky; daughter, Sarah; mother, Pearl; and brother, Ed.

The Class of 1967