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1973 squash team: Kaplan is front row, third from right.
Bill Kaplan
ill Kaplan was a four-year standout in both tennis and squash. When just a lower, he was awarded the school’s Langley C. Keyes honor for being his class’s outstanding scholarathlete. In tennis, Kaplan played number one doubles with Jeb Bush ’71 his lower year and captained and played number one on the team his senior year. In squash, he was a two-year captain and played number one on the team his upper and senior years. Senior year, Kaplan won the New England Interscholastic Squash Championships. 8
Kaplan went on to Harvard. He was the first-ever freshman to start on the men’s varsity squash team, receiving All-Ivy nominations 1974 through 1977 and All-American honors in 1975, 1976, and 1977. Additionally, Kaplan was awarded the Francis H. Burr award his senior year for being the college’s outstanding scholar-athlete. In 1980, the same year he earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, Kaplan became a world-ranked professional squash player and remained so until 1987. He played on the U.S. Squash
team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1977, 1981, and 1985 in the Open Division, captaining and playing number one on the team in 1981 and 1985 and earning silver medals for the team in each competition. Kaplan is currently the number one ranked squash player in the U.S. 60+ age group. The CEO and cofounder of FreshAddress, Inc., a leading email database services provider, Kaplan also founded and led the MIT Blackjack Team, brought to fame in the bestseller Bringing Down the House and the blockbuster movie 21. 9