James Edward Chapman

Background

Chapman, James Edward was born on April 27, 1927 in Wadsworth, Ohio, United States. Son of Horace Vernon and Sarah Lucille (Thompson) Chapman.

Education

The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Science, 1953). The Ohio State University College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1954). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.

Editor-in-Chief, Ohio State Law Journal, 1954.

Career

Associate Baker & Hostetler (and predecessor firm Baker, Hostetler & Patterson), Cleveland, 1954-1964, partner, 1964-1993, chairman legal services, 1979-1981, managing partner, 1981-1986. Secretary Preformed Line Products Company, Cleveland, 1958-1993. Board directors McGean-Rohco Inc., Cleveland, Cleveland Institute Electronics Inc., Euclid Industries Inc., Cleveland.

Serjeant Court Nisi Prius, Cleveland, 1975-1993.

Achievements

• Bar: Ohio 1954, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio 1954, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1970.

Membership

Chairman regional steering committee Ohio State University, Cleveland, 1985-1993, member steering committee national campaign, Columbus, 1986-1990. Trustee Mystic (Connecticut) Seaport Museum Inc., 1981-1993, Great Lakes Museum. Member steering committee Linnean Society Cleveland Museum Natural History, 1987.

Member United States Ship Constitution Museum, Boston, 1982-1993. Trustee, secretary Thomas F. Peterson Foundation, Cleveland, 1960-1993, Mellen Foundation, Cleveland, 1983-1993, Philip B. and Celia B. Arnold Foundation, Cleveland, 1965-1993, Elizabeth G. and John D. Drinko Charitable Foundation, 1984-1993, Standard Products Foundation, Cleveland, 1968-1993. Trustee, chairman Cleveland Octet, 1986-1993.

Served with United States Army, 1945-1947, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association, National Association for Mental Health (board directors 1966-1972, secretary 1967-1968, vice president 1969, president 1970-1971), North America Society for Oceanic History, National Maritime History Society, United States Naval Institute, Great Lakes History Society, Suburban Symphony Orchestra, Shaker Symphony Orchestra, Order of Coif. Clubs: Ohio State University President's (member executive committee 1982-1988), Ohio State Faculty (Columbus). Cleveland Athletic, Cleveland Playhouse, Ohio State University Alumni Cleveland (president 1987), Union, Canterbury Golf.

Lodges: Masons.

Interests

• Avocations: maritime history and art, ship preservation, music, public speaking.

Connections

Married Anita Louise Esbenshade, July 3, 1954. Children: Ann Frances, Thomas Marshall, David Abram.

Father:

Horace Vernon Chapman

Mother:

Sarah Lucille (Thompson) Chapman

Spouse:

Anita Louise Esbenshade

child:

Ann Frances Chapman

child:

Thomas Marshall Chapman

child:

David Abram Chapman