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onversations among those who
knew the late Dr. Joe Chapman are
laden with awe.
In short, he became a Carson-Newman
freshman at 16, served as a naval officer
in his early 20s, prepared hundreds of
students for professional and graduate
programs, cofounded a national
organization and, for his doctoral
dissertation, mapped plant life across the
10,000-acre English Mountain. It's as if
his memory is bronzed. At Homecoming
the Dougherty Science Center lobby
was dedicated in memory of Chapman
and other professors who have taught
mathematics or natural sciences 25 or
more years.
Few understand the commitment those
faculty members made better than Dr.
John Chapman '75. As a product of
the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Division, the Health Pre-Professions
program and the youngest son of Joe
Chapman ' 40, he saw both sides of the
lectern and the lab table.
A Hallowed Hall:
Renovated lobby honors Chapman, colleagues
