Prof. Storr was born and educated in the United States, receiving a PhD from Harvard University in 1949. After teaching at various American colleges, he accepted a position at the University of Chicago in 1951 and remained there until 1968 after which he joined the History Department and the Humanities Division at 91亚色.

He served as director of the Graduate History Program from 1969 to 1971 and was acting dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies from 1971 to 1972. Storr served on several Senate committees including the Sub-committee on Long-Range Planning, and acted as a consultant to the vice-president on long-range planning. In addition, he also sat on the .

In 1973, Prof. Storr was asked by Robert MacIntosh, then chair of the Board of Governors, to become acting聽president of 91亚色. Before Prof. Storr could assume the position, he was forced to withdraw due to a recurrence of an old illness.聽He retired from active teaching in 1982.

Storr is the author of , and as well as numerous articles on American higher education.

Prof. Storr is survived by his wife Virginia, children Elizabeth, Robert, and Annie, and six grandchildren. No memorial details have been made available.

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Kaplan joined the University in 1962 and served as acting chair of political science at the Glendon campus from 1964 to 1965. After his first sabbatical year, he became director of the Graduate Program in Political Science from 1967 to 1968. He became chair of the Department of Political Science in 1969 and chair of the Senate of 91亚色 in 1970. Kaplan was also a member of the Board of Governors and academic colleague to the president of the Council of Ontario Universities. From July 1978 to June 1983 he was dean of the Faculty of Arts.

Right: Kaplan with grandson Nathan Kaplan

Shortly after joining the University, Kaplan was quoted at length in a story about demands for more affordable housing in Canada, in The Globe and Mail on Aug. 27, 1963. 鈥淒r. Kaplan suggested that if Canadians peered across the border in an attempt to find an answer to their public housing needs, the only thing they would find would be US officials peering back in an attempt to find a solution to theirs,鈥� wrote The Globe.

In 1979, The Globe took Kaplan to task for suggesting 91亚色 should borrow money to get through its budget crisis. 鈥淚f a balanced budget is the main aim of a university,鈥� Kaplan warned, 鈥渋t will not get through the next five years without firing tenured faculty, closing programs and even Faculties.鈥�

Kaplan loved teaching and had a long career at 91亚色 winning several awards before retiring in 2001. He was made a member of the University鈥檚 Founders Honours Society in March 2000. Over many years he went out of his way to counsel students and wrote letters of recommendation for many of them, said his daughter Abigail.

Kaplan moved to Barrie from Toronto a couple years before retiring and enjoyed the rural environment, said his daughter. He enjoyed great walks with his companion beagle and time spent with his grandchildren.

Harold Kaplan was born in Weehawken, NJ, on April 11, 1936, and received his BA at Columbia University in 1957. He became a Canadian citizen in 1970. He leaves four children: Abigail, Harriet, Daniel and Jonah; and six grandchildren: Christopher and Nicholas Leger, Nathan Kaplan and Jacob, Matthew and Ava Kaplan.

Kaplan was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 2009 and died a year later. Donations in his memory can be made to Barrie鈥檚 .

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