Howard Kroplick is co-president and chairman of the Roslyn Landmark Society’s executive committee.
Since selling his medical communications company 16 years ago, he has been dedicated to giving back to the Long Island community through his various non-profit activities. A lifelong resident of Long Island, Howard and his super-wife Roz has lived in East Hills for 40 years, where they raised two wonderful daughters, Deborah and Dana.
Howard was awarded a bachelor of engineering degree from Stony Brook University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
In December 2013, Howard was profiled in a Wharton Magazine article, “The Black Beast and the Blue Pill.”
In 2020, the Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society named him to the honor roll in the Crandall Challenge in recognition of his non-profit activities and service.
Howard founded and owned The Impact Group, a Manhattan-based medical communications company.
Starting as a one-man company, Impact grew to one of the largest medical education agencies in the world, with over 150 employees and offices in New York, New Jersey, and California.
The company was involved in major medical education programs for the pharmaceutical industry, including Pfizer (most notably Viagra, Zoloft, Lipitor, and Zithromax), Merck, Glaxo, AstraZeneca, and Amgen.
Howard and Roz were honored by CAPS (Child Abuse Prevention Services) with the 2007 John Davis Memorial Award in recognition of their commitment to child abuse prevention. Howard served on the board of trustees of the Sid Jacobson JCC in East Hills from 2000 to 2019.
In May 2013, he was an honoree at the Sid Jacobson JCC’s Tenth Annual Friendship Circle Luncheon for his work in developing the JCC’s pioneering Early Alzheimer’s Disease Program.
From 2012 to 2019, Howard served as the Town Historian of North Hempstead, documenting the town’s history and advocating for preserving its historic properties.
The Association of Public Historians of New York State awarded him the 2016 Edmund J. Winslow Local Government Historian Award for Excellence, given to one New York historian each year. He is a registered New York State historian and a Society of Automotive Historians member.
A trustee of the Roslyn Landmark Society since 2012, he served as its president from 2018 to 2022. He is currently its co-president with John Santos and executive committee chairman.
Over the last 10 years, he has championed the restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill and the Mackay Estate Gate Lodge and the preservation of the historic Roslyn community.
Howard is also president of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society. His exhibits on the Vanderbilt Cup Races have been shown at various Long Island Museums, including the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, the Cradle of Aviation, and the Nassau County Museum of Art.
His first book, “Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island,” was published in February 2008. His second book ‘The Long Island Motor Parkway’ was published in September 2008 and co-authored with Al Velocci.
His third book, “North Hempstead,” was published in January 2014. All proceeds from the presentations and sales of the three books are donated to charitable organizations, including the Roslyn Landmark Society.
In March 2008, with the assistance of his daughter Dana, Howard founded and created the website VanderbiltCupRaces.com.
In 2012, the website was honored with two Webby Awards for the Automotive and Sports categories. In 2013, the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences selected VanderbiltCupRaces.com as one of the five best websites in the world for “car sites &car culture.”
In 2019, the Society of Automotive Historians honored the website with the E.P. Ingersoll Award for excellence in the presentation of automotive history in non-print media.
