Herbert M. Kaplan, 81

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Business leader and philanthropist Herbert M. Kaplan died in his sleep Jan. 2 at his Providence home. The former chairman, CEO and president of Warren Equities, Inc. and president of The Warren Alpert Foundation was 81.

Kaplan served as president and CEO of Warren Equities, Inc. from 1993 to 2006. From 2007 to 2012, he served as chairman and CEO and from 2012 until the company’s sale in 2015 to Global Partners LP, he remained as chairman.

Kaplan served on the Medical School Committee of the Corporation of Brown University and was a member of the Board of Fellows of the Harvard Medical School. He was a founding member of the Noble Deeds Society of the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and served as an honorary trustee of the Brookings Institute.

Born March 24, 1935, and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, by his parents Benjamin and Mary (Alpert) Kaplan, Kaplan was a longtime resident of Manhattan before relocating to Providence.

 Kaplan graduated from Vermont Academy. He then earned a bachelor’s degree at Hobart College, and earned an M.B.A. from Babson College. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Brown University.

He is survived by his wife, Alida (McFadden) Kaplan, daughter Bevin Kaplan Reifer, son-in-law Daniel Reifer and a grandson, William.

Contributions in his memory may be directed to: The Harvard Medical School Diabetes Research Fund. HMS Office of Resource Development, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22 West, Boston, Mass. 02215. Attention: Susan Carr.