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MCC Alumni Hall of Fame 2009 Inductee: Richard A. Kaplan ’67


Since 1992, the MCC Alumni Hall of Fame has recognized the outstanding MCC graduates for their professional success, service to the community and exhibited support of MCC and the MCC Foundation. There are currently 63 members of the MCC Alumni Hall of Fame, as selected on an annual basis by the Alumni Council led currently by MCC Foundation Director and Alumni Chair Richard C. Brienzi ‘78.

On Thursday, November 19 at the Monroe Community College Foundation’s 20th Annual Salute of Excellence dinner, the success of this year’s four inductees will be celebrated. So that the college community can appreciate each inductee’s unique story, they will be introduced on consecutive days through the MCC Daily Tribune this week.

Richard A. Kaplan ‘67
President and CEO of Pictometry International Corporation
With an extensive background in economics, accounting, and executive leadership, Richard A. Kaplan ‘67 has grown Pictometry into a premier technological corporation in the Rochester community. Pictometry ("
https://www.pictometry.com") is a leading, international provider of digital, aerial and oblique image libraries and related software. Kaplan returned most recently to MCC’s Brighton Campus to inspire students in the Emerging Entrepreneurs Scholarship Program. On November 12 he will serve as the keynote speaker for the Pathways to Entrepreneurial Success 2009 forum at MCC ("https://www.entrepreneurshipforum.org").

Kaplan serves on numerous advisory boards at leading universities and related organizations, including the Nazareth College Board of Trustees and the University of Rochester Venture Development Advisory Board. He is the chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Kaplan also lends his time to many community organizations including Camp Good Days and Special Times, The Better Business Bureau, Wilson Commencement Park, Rochester Broadway Theatre League and the Martial Arts Center of Rochester.

Kaplan graduated from MCC’s business program in 1967 before transferring to the University of Buffalo where he studied accounting and economics. He also studied at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Please join the college family in congratulating leadership and professional success of Richard A. Kaplan!

Mark Pastorella and Karen Shaw
MCC Foundation
11/03/2009