Background
Chappelle, Emmett W. was born on October 24, 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of I.C. and Viola Chappelle.
Chappelle, Emmett W. was born on October 24, 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of I.C. and Viola Chappelle.
Associate of Arts, Phoenix College, 1947. Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University California, Berkeley, 1950. Master of Science in Biochemistry, University Washington, Seattle, 1954.
Instructor biochemistry Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1950—1953. Research associate department chemistry Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1955—1958. Staff scientist, biochemist Research Institute Advanced Studies, Baltimore, 1958-1963.
Senior biochemist Hazelton Laboratories, Falls Church, Virginia, 1963-1966. Exobiologist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1966-1970, astrochemist, 1970-1972, technical utilization specialist, 1972-1975, National Aeronautics and Space Administration research sabbatical, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, 1975-1977, physical scientist remote sensing, Laboratory Terrestrial Physics, 1977—2001, retired, 2001. Corporal United States Army, 1943-1946.
Member of American Society Black Chemists, American Society Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, American Society Photobiology, American Society Microbiology, American Chemical Society.
Married Rosemary Phillips, 1947. Children: Emmett, Carlotta, Deborah, Marc.