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Edith Kaplan

Lexington, Massachusetts

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KAPLAN, Edith (1924-20009). Known as the "mother of neuropsychology", died September 3 in Lexington, MA. Her warmth, humor, generosity and brilliance will be missed by numerous colleagues, friends, students, her son Michael and her granddaughter Rachel.

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I can't believe Edith is gone. The light of neuropsych; the guts of the discipline. She was my friend, mentor, teacher, colleague. I have one of her clock purses in front of me now on my desk. Seeing it there daily connects me with her outrageous, unique, infectious love of life. I was proud when my work was likened to hers (in mild frustration, I was told "you're more Edith than Edith"), pleased that others saw the similarity in how we thought and worked which we both felt to be...