CHAPMAN, James E.; S.A.E. bio, 1912

CHAPMAN, PETERSON

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 15:39:50

Chapman, James Edwin, mining engineer; b. near Cherokee, Iowa, Dec 27, 1875; s/o Thomas E. & Lydia L.; ed. Northwestern University and Columbia Univ.; editorial staff of "Northwestern," "Syllabus Board," casts "Trig Cremation" (Freshmen play), and junior play; initiated Illinois Psi-Omega, Sept. 12, 1894 (charter memb), later affilitated with new York Mu; delegate S.A.E. Nat'l convention, Kansas City, 1910, contributor to Record of S.A.E.; memb. American Institute of Mining Engineers, Nat'l Geographic society, American Assoc. for Advancement of Scients; has been engaged in mining work in Ecuador, Central America and Mexico; asst. superintendent of the Mammoth mine, which is one of the largest copper mines in the world; m. Alma Marie Peterson, Dec 28, 1909. Residentce, 344 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. office, Mammoth, Shasta county, Cal.

~Source: Who's Who in S.A.E. - A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Members of the Fraternity. Edited by William C. Levere. Evanston, Illinois, 1912; pg 49

~Transcribers Notes:
1. S.A.E. = Sigma Alpha Epsilon
2. Founded on March 9, 1856, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the largest North American secret letter, social college fraternity. The researcher can read more about S.A.E. in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
3. I am not related & have no additional info.