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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXTENDING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF SUSAN ALDER KAPLAN

     Introduced By: Representatives Ajello, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Biah, Filippi, Kennedy,
Fellela, Bennett, O'Brien, and Ackerman

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Susan Adler

Kaplan, the wife of the late Robert Kaplan, loving mother of the late Patricia Kaplan Bowen,

cherished grandmother of Samantha Ashlee Bowen, sister of Nancy Adler Morrill and the late

Joan Adler Mark, and an aunt to many nieces and nephews; and

     WHEREAS, Mrs. Adler Kaplan was the daughter of Lt. Colonel Walter Adler and Celia

Ernstof Adler. She attended Connecticut College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree and

Master's degree from Brown University. For twenty-eight years, she taught English at Classical

High School, and had served as administrator of English and Libraries for the Providence Public

School System; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mrs. Kaplan held numerous roles with the Rhode Island Writing

Assessment, Rhode Island Writing Project, and the Blackstone Academy, as well as serving as a

mentor to many throughout the years. She had also been an adjunct professor at Providence

College and Roger Williams University, and did consulting work in New York, California and

Egypt with the Ministry of Education; and

     WHEREAS, Dedicated to her alma matter, Mrs. Kaplan had served as a Trustee, a

Trustee Emerita and Chair of the Corporation Emeriti Executive Committee. She also chaired 100

Years of Women at Brown, served as the Associate Chair of the Advisory Council on Brown

Relations with Tougaloo College, and chaired the Ogden Lectures on International Affairs: and

     WHEREAS, Well-respected both locally and nationally in the field of education, Mrs.

Kaplan was the first faculty member to be honored by the Classical Alumni Association and was

named Providence Teacher of the Year, and Teacher of the Year by Good Morning America. She

was also honored by Brown University with an Outstanding Teacher Educator Award, a Brown

Bear, and an Ittleson Award; and

     WHEREAS, Dedicated to her community, the theater, and the arts, Mrs. Adler Kaplan

was a proud supporter of the Trinity Square Repertory Company, in honor of her late husband,

who was a founding member. She also served on the boards of Temple Beth-El and The Miriam

Hospital; and

     WHEREAS, Known for "her tenacity, strength and compassion" Susan Adler Kaplan will

long be remembered and dearly missed by her family, devoted friends, and the many students she

guided and enlightened over the course of her amazing life; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

extends deepest sympathy on the passing of Susan Adler Kaplan; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Samantha Ashlee Bowen and Nancy Adler

Morrill.

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