Background
Chapelle, Howard Irving was born on February 1, 1900 in Tolland, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Irving and Sarah (Hardy) Chapelle.
Chapelle, Howard Irving was born on February 1, 1900 in Tolland, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Irving and Sarah (Hardy) Chapelle.
Educational public schools, New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut.
Draftsman and designer, 1919-1925 and 1926-1931 (at sea 1936). Chairman technical committee Restoration of the Niagara (Perry’s flagship). Consultant (naval architect) Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) of United Nations to Turkey, 1956-1957.
Curator transportation United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1957-1967, senior historian Museum History, Washington, 1957-1967, senior historian Museum History and Technology, 1967-1971, historian emeritus, 1971-1975.
Consultant for construction maritime music, Singapore, 1973. Commissioned captain United States Army Transportation Corps, 1943, major, August 1944, lieutenant colonel, September 1946.
Chief, marine branch Research and Development division Army Transportation Corps, April 1945-1946. Guggenheim.
Member American Naval History Foundation Society Naval Archs. and Marine Engineers. Member Western hemisphere committee International Fishing Vessel Congress.
Married Alice Zayma Connolly, July 16, 1935.