b. August 28 1921, London, Ontario; d. Vancouver. Sept 28 1979
In Ottawa, Chapman was scientist, superintendent and deputy chief superintendent in the Defense Research Telecommunications Establishment from 1949-68 and then assistant deputy minister for research 1968-79 in the Dept of Communications.
From 1958-71 Chapman played a key role in initiating and directing the successful Alouette/IS IS scientific Earth SATELLITE program. In 1966 he was appointed chairman of a government study group to examine the upper atmosphere and space programs in Canada. The resulting report was a landmark contribution to space policies and plans in Canada and led to the redirection of Canada's space program from scientific to applications satellites. Chapman was also the prime mover behind Canada's co-operative program with NASA and the European Space Agency to design, build and demonstrate the Hermes Communications Technology Satellite.
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