A private memorial service will be held Friday, Oct. 2 for PR veteran Lloyd Kaplan, who died late last month of complications from Amyloidosis. He was 80 years old.
Kaplan was most recently Chairman of LAK PR, where he worked with his wife of 25 years and business partner, Lisa Linden. She survives him, along with his children Zachary and Polly Kaplan, daughter-in-law Daphne Klein and grandchildren Tiger and Atticus Kaplan and Olivia Dylewski.
Formerly Executive VP at Rubenstein Associates, Kaplan was Deputy Housing Commissioner for New York State, Chief of Staff at City Hall for First Deputy Mayor John Zuccotti, Special Assistant to New York Mayor Abraham Beame and Director of Public Affairs for the New York City Planning Commission.
He also served on the Mayor's Panel to Improve Police Management and the Citizen's AIDS Commission and has taught at several universities.
Lloyd, who grew up in the Bronx, received a BA from NYU (1955) and MFA from Yale University (1958).
The memorial Service will be held on at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, which is located at 7 West 83rd Street, Manhattan. In lieu of flowers, Kaplan’s family has asked that contributions be made to Citymeals-on-Wheels or Alzheimer's Association.
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