Robert Lee Chapman, III

Background

III, Robert Lee Chapman, was born on December 14, 1946 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Robert Lee Junior and Elisabeth (Trotter) C.

Education

Bachelor, Duke University, 1971.

Career

General manager Station WDBS-FM, Durham, North Carolina, 1971. Director media center Duke University, 1972-1973. President Chapman Patton & Associates, 1974-1975, Learning Resources Network, Durham, 1975-1990, Southlake Development Group, Clermont, Florida, 1990—2002, Southlake Utilities, Inc., Clermont, 1990—2002.

Managing director Traditional Neighborhood Development Partners, LLC, Durham, since 1999. Board directors Broadcasting Foundation American, New York City, 1980-1982, Council Entrepreneurial Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1982-1986. Consultant interactive technical, Burroughs Wellcome Company and Glaxo, Inc., Research Triangle Park, 1982-1986.

Coordinator United States of America-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Summer Arts Festival. Juror, Kammerer Memorial Filmmaking prize, Duke University, 1984-1989.

Achievements

• Robert Lee Chapman III has been listed as a noteworthy Video company executive, real estate developer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coordinator, Durham Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1976. Board directors Central Park School for Children, since 2001, Historic Preservation Society of Durham, 2002-2006, Carolina Cinema Corporation, Durham, 1978-1982, Friends of Duke University Arts Museum, Durham, 1986-1989, National Town Builders Association. Chairman North Carolina Smart Growth Alliance, Chapel Hill, 2000-2005.

Trustee, Duke School for Children, Durham, 1986-1990. Member Samuel Cook Society (Duke University), Order of Red Friars, Sigma Nu.

Interests

• Travel, jogging, backpacking, skin diving.

Connections

Married Vicky Lee Patton, July 19, 1945. Children: Margaret Patton, Robert Lee IV, Anna Elisabeth, Charlotte Elisabeth.

Father:

Robert Lee C. Junior

Mother:

Elisabeth (Trotter) C.

Spouse:

Vicky Lee Patton

child:

Margaret Patton III

child:

Charlotte Elisabeth III

child:

Anna Elisabeth III

child:

Robert Lee IV III