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Alvah H Chapman - Founding Chairman
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Alvah
H. Chapman, Jr. was the Founding Chairman of Community Partnership for
Homeless. A third generation newspaper executive, he retired as
Chairman of Knight Ridder in 1989 after almost 30 years with the company
and continued as a Knight Ridder Director through April 2000. His many
civic involvements included service as Chairman of We Will Rebuild
following Hurricane Andrew, Founding Chairman of Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America, and 31 years as a Director of the John S. and
James L. Knight Foundation. A native of Columbus, Georgia, he graduated
from The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, in 1942. After
graduation, he served as a B-17 bomber pilot and squadron commander in
World War II completing 37 combat missions with the 8th Air Force.
For a complete history of the organization, please read “Community
Partnership for Homeless – A Narrated History,” by Alvah H.
Chapman, Jr., founding Chairman. The complete story is captured in a
series of recorded interviews conducted as an oral history project
by Dennis P. Kendrick. |
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Alvah H.
Chapman, Jr.
Founding Chairman
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