JEROME A. CAPLAN ’39

JEROME A. CAPLAN, a Springfield, Mo., real estate developer and investor, died Aug. 12, 2009, at age 91. A graduate of Columbia University, he was a hero of the Battle of the Bulge, for which he received a Bronze Star, and the all-Black unit he led received a Presidential Citation. A supporter of community institutions and of the arts, he is survived by his wife, Theda (Tac) Karchmer Caplan; two children; four grandchildren, including Lindsay A. Caplan ’02; and three great-grandchildren.