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In this photo, Dr. Norman Kaplan (right), receives a check for $3,085 from the Mobil Foundation, Inc., of New York, to further research studies in hypertension. Presenting the check is Dr. Robert J. Potts, regional medical director for the Mobil Oil Corporation of Dallas. Dr. Kaplan (1931-2020) graduated from Southwestern Medical School in 1954 and joined the UT Southwestern faculty as an Instructor of Internal Medicine in 1961. His teaching, writing, and research focused primarily on the clinical aspects of hypertension.