Lawrence KaplanLAWRENCE S. KAPLAN is University Professor Emeritus of History and Director Emeritus of the Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies at Kent State University. He is currently Adjunct Professor of History at Georgetown University.e He was formerly a member of the Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense. During his tenure at Kent State he was a Fulbright Lecturer at the Universities of Bonn, Louvain, and Nice, as well as a visiting lecturer at University College London. Read More Read Less