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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 372 Print image (74K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 372 Print image (74K) |
| Oscar James Chapman Educator and Administrator O. J. Chapman was born at Stockton, Maryland, where his father served for many years as a trustee of the public school. After attending the community schools for seven years he enrolled at Hampton Institute and completed his secondary education. In 1932, he received a B.A. in English from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, and began teaching in the high school at Denton. In 1936 he received his M.A. in education and psychology from the University of Michigan, and in 1940 received the PhD. from Ohio State University. In 1940 he was named professor and chairman of the Department of Education at Arkansas AT&N College at Pine Bluff, subsequently serving in the same capacity at North Carolina State Teachers College, Elizabeth City (North Carolina) College, Langston University in Oklahoma, and Tennessee A&T State University at Nashville, and as professor of education at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1950 Chapman was named president of Delaware State College at Dover, Delaware, until the Korean War prompted his recall to active duty as a reserve officer in the U.S. Air Force. Upon completing the Field Officers' Training Course at Maxwell Air Force Base, he was assigned to and responsible for the psychological research program at three different bases located in New York, Illinois, and Colorado. After five years as an officer in the Air Force, Chapman was released from active duty at the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1957. From 1957-73, he served as academic dean and chairman of the Graduate Council at Lincoln University, Missouri, and from 1973-1988 he was faculty member of the Department of Education at Salisbury State University, where he retired as professor emeritus in 1988. As a civic leader, Chapman was on the board of directors of Deer's Head Medical Center in Salisbury, and a member of the Board of Medical Examiners of Maryland. He served on many other boards and committees until his death in January 1994. Sources Tniitt, Reginald V, and Millard G. Les Calletxe. Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, Bi-Centennial Edition. Snow Hill, Maryland: Worcester County Historical Society, 1977. 527-28. "Obituary" Section. The Daily Tunes 6 January 1994: 10. Dr. Charles H. Chipman (1888-1987) Educator and Civic Leader Dr. Charles H. Chipman was bom in Cold Springs, New Jersey, near Cape May in 1888. He received his B.S. from Howard University; studied languages in Heidelberg, Germany, under a fellowship from Howard; received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania; and attended Chicago University. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Salisbury State University. Chipman turned down a teaching position at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to come to Salisbury, Maryland, in 1915 to serve as supervising principal of the Salisbury Industrial School. The school was rented and in desperate need of repair. Chipman recognized the need for a new building and organized the community to raise funds to match the Wicomico County Board of Education pledged contribution. The 12 |