Dora Berkman Kaplowitz
2008
Dora Kaplowitz, 95, a homemaker, died March 11 at Reston Hospital Center of complications from a broken hip. She lived in the District.
She was born Dora Berkman in Washington in 1912 and grew up on B St. SW, now Independence Avenue. She attended Central High School and married in 1938.
She volunteered for parent-teacher organizations and was a member of Tifereth  Israel Congregation. Her husband, Paul Kaplowitz, chairman of the U.S. Tariff Commission during the Johnson administration, died in 1992.
Survivors include a son, Morris Kaplowitz of Reston; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
-- Patricia Sullivan