Reid Gillis Chapman

Background

Chapman, Reid Gillis was born on July 27, 1920 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Arthur Reid and Esther Mary (Gillis) Chapman.

Education

Student, Butler University, 1940.

Career

With radio station, WAOV, Vincennes, Indiana, 1943; with, WISH, WISH-television, Indianapolis, 1943-1956; manager, WANE Radio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1956-1958; vice president, general manager, WANE-television, 1958-1982; vice-president, director, Indiana Broadcasting Corporation, Fort Wayne, 1959-1984; vice-president, director, Summit Bank, Fort Wayne. Executive director Northeast Indiana Radio Reading Svc.

Membership

Honorary chairman Cancer Crusade Month, 1971. Member Committee of 24, since 1967. Board directors United Way, Convention Bureau, Parkview Memorial Hospital, Martin Luther King Memorial Fund, Associate Churches Fort Wayne, Young Men’s Christian Association, Legal Aid Society, Fort Wayne Art Museum.

Board directors Junior Achievement, Fort Wayne, since 1958, president, 1962-1964. Board directors, vice president Better Business Bureau, 1962-1965. Board directors Goodwill Industries, 1959-1965, vice president, 1964-1965.

Advisory board Indiana U.-Fort Wayne. Member Fort Wayne Advertising Club (past president, Silver medal award 1971, honorary), Fort Wayne Press Club (past president, roastmaster and chairman Gridiron Show), Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce (past vice president, director), National Association Broadcasters (director), Indiana Broadcasters Association (past president), Broadcast Pioneers (president). Clubs: Summit (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne Country (Fort Wayne), Quest (Fort Wayne).

Lodges: Masons, Shriners, Scottish Rite, Rotary (honorary).

Connections

Married Janet K. Passwater, October 20, 1942 (deceased). Children: Arthur II, Martha Chapman Shull, Mark, Rosalie Chapman Hanefeld, James. Married Mary A. Ayers, June 17, 1977 (divorced).

Father:

Arthur Reid Chapman

Mother:

Esther Mary (Gillis) Chapman

Spouse:

Mary A. Ayers

Spouse:

Janet K. Passwater

child:

Mark Chapman

child:

Martha Chapman Shull Chapman

child:

Rosalie Chapman Hanefeld Chapman

child:

James Chapman

child:

Arthur II Chapman