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Chapman, Wilbert Mcleod was born on March 31, 1910 in Kalama, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Albert Bradford and Ivy Myrtle (McLeod) Chapman.
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Wilbert Mcleod Chapman, American ichthyologist, writer Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; member Institute of Food Technologists, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (board of Governors, president, W. Division, 1940), Oceanographic Society of Pacific, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Fishery Biologists, Western Society of Naturalists.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Washington, 1932, Master of Science, 1933, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927.
Career
Scientific assistant with the International Fisheries Commission, 1933-1935. Biologist, Washington State Department of Fisheries, 1935-1941. Aquatic biologist, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1941-1942.
Oyster biologist, Washington State Planning Council, 1942.
Curator of fishes, California Academy of Sciences, 1943-1947. Senior fisheries specialist in charge Fisheries Project, Board of Economics Warfare, South Pacific, 1943-1944.
Director, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 1947. Special assistant to under secretary of state, unites states department of State, 1948-1951.
Director of research American Tunaboat Association, 1951-1970.
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Membership
Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, John South. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Member Institute of Food Technologists, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (board of Governors, president, West. Division, 1940), Oceanographic Society of Pacific, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Fishery Biologists, Western Society of Naturalists.
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Swaney, March 22, 1935. Children: Lewis McLeod, Alan Bruce, Jane Elizabeth, Thomas Malcolm, Jonathan Emery, Kathryn Annual.
