Background
Chapin, Roy Dikeman was born on February 23, 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward C. and Ella (King) Chapin.
Chapin, Roy Dikeman was born on February 23, 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward C. and Ella (King) Chapin.
Student University of Michigan, 1899-1901, honorary Master of Arts, 1922.
Identified with automobile business in Detroit from 1901. General sales manager Olds Motor Works, 1904-1906. Organizer East. R. Thomas-Detroit Company, 1906, and treasurer and general manager same, 1906-1908.
Also treasurer and general manager of its successor, the Chalmers-Detroit Motor Company, 1908-1910.
President Hudson Motor Carolina Company, 1910-1923, Chairman of the Board, 1923-1933, president, since 1933. Secretary of commerce in Cabinet of President Hoover, 1932-1933.
Chairman Highway Transport Committee, Council National Defense, 1917-1918. Vice president and director Detroit Symphony Society.
Director Detroit Community Fund.
Chairman Highway Transport Committee of International Chamber Commerce. President Sixth International Road Congress, Washington, 1930. Home: Grosse Point Farms, Michigan
Married Inez Tiedeman, November 4, 1914. Children: Roy Doctorate., Joan K., John C., Sara A., Daniel, Marian.