Nathan O. Kaplan Papers, 1943 - 1986

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Nathan O. Kaplan Papers, 1943 - 1986

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf5z09p0m7

Papers of Nathan Oram Kaplan, university administrator and eminent biochemist affiliated with Brandeis University, where he developed that university's graduate program in biology during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and subsequently with the University of California, San Diego, where he served as a member of the chemistry department and, after 1980, as associate director of the UCSD Cancer Center. After 1970, Kaplan's research was primarily focused on chemotherapy, particularly the relationship between different cancers and the blood levels of lactate dehydrogenase; the cultivation of nude mice; and human interferon. Kaplan's papers contain correspondence, photographs, subject files, manuscripts, and reprints covering the years 1943-1986. The bulk of the collection documents Kaplan's affiliations with Brandeis University and UCSD. However, the collection contains a small amount of materials documenting research activities prior to his appointment at Brandeis and a larger amount documenting his extra-mural professional activities.

18.40 linear feet; (46 archives boxes, 8 oversize folders)

eng,

University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6665144

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Kaplan, Nathan O. (Nathan Oram), 1917-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g1s6j (person)

Biochemist specializing in enzymology and chemotherapy. Associated first with Brandeis University (1957-1967) before accepting an appointment at the University of California, San Diego, in 1968, which he held until his death in 1986. Before assuming his position at Brandeis University, Kaplan worked as a research chemist for the Manhattan Project (1942-1944) and a researcher in the McCollum-Pratt Institute at Johns Hopkins University (1950-1957). In 1980, Kaplan was name...

University of California, San Diego

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk47t2 (corporateBody)

Administrative History The Chancellor acts as head of administration and has general authority over the campus. He is responsible for setting up the administrative structure and insuring that the various units function properly. He has specific delegated authority to sign employment contracts of faculty and staff and to represent the University in public forums. Herbert F. York was appointed first Chancellor of the University of C...