Kaplan-Weinbaum Test Preparation

Without trying to link him to Ted Kennedy, I did want to note that another person of some import died very recently: Stanley Kaplan, founder of the test preparation company that bore his name. Here's a very well-written obituary. For those of you reading this blog who aren't Weinbaums, it is worth noting that the obit gives credit where it is due: to Carol Weinbaum, who launched the first Kaplan office outside of New York, straight out of her house (where Eve grew up), and ultimately ran a network of centers in the region. It may be time to declare the Weinbaum house in East Oak Lane an historic landmark, right up there with Independence Hall!

In all seriousness, Carol by all accounts (including Stanley Kaplan's own, in his recent autobiography) did a remarkable, endlessly exhausting job (someone I live with says it was a 24-hour job!) building up the company in Philadelphia and teaching (along with George) thousands of students in the region.