Dr. Jean Chapman

Jean Allen Chapman, MD, MACP Washington University School of Medicine in 1953. His Medical Internship and Residency were at St. Louis City Hospital. He served as General Medical Officer at Hamilton AFB, California from 1954-1956. He came to Cape Girardeau in 1959 and helped establish the Internal Medicine Group. Certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology in 1974, he was in private practice until 1997. Dr. Chapman was Clinical Assistant Professor at SIU School of Medicine from 1988-1997 and Assistant in Clinical Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri from 1953-1954. In 1995 he was awarded the honor as Master of the American College of Physicians. A member of numerous medical organizations, including the Missouri State Medical Association and the American Medical Association, he served as President of the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society, the Missouri State Allergy Association, American Association of Certified Allergists, and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He had a named lectureship for him by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology from 1998-2000. Of his many committee assignments in life, from 2000-2004 Dr. Chapman served on the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters for Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and chaired the committee that wrote the guidelines for food allergies. From 1979-1998 he served as a member of the Respiratory Therapy Technical Advisory Committee for the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational Technical School. A former Chief of Staff, he was an emeritus member of the Board of Trustees of Southeast Missouri Hospital, and was currently serving on the Board of Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing. He received many professional awards and honors including, Distinguished Fellow of the ACAAI, Internist of the Year, Missouri Chapter of the American Society of Internal Medicine, Laureate Award, Missouri Chapter, American College of physicians Dr. Jean Allen Chapman passed away Monday, March 23 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 18, 1928 to Vernon A. and Gertrude Smith Chapman at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He attended Southeast Missouri State University�s Campus School in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Central High School in 1946. He received his B.S. Degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 1949, a B.S. in Medicine and a Masters in Anatomy from the University of Missouri in 1951, and his Medical Doctorate from, the Citizenship and Community Service Award from the Missouri State Medical Association, and the Outstanding Service Award from Southeast Missouri Hospital Board of Trustees. Locally, Dr. Chapman was one of the founders and a former president of Cape Doctors� Park. He helped established the cable television program and hosted "Ask Your Doctor." He served as President of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri and received the Otto F. Dingeldein Award in 2002. He served as a volunteer for the Professional Division Fundraising for Area Wide United Way. A lover and supporter of the arts, he grew up with the desire to be an artist. All through life, he continued to draw, paint, and do sculpture and pottery until he was no longer physically able. Dr. Chapman always continued to encourage others to grow their talent. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Nona Nan, a daughter Jennifer Jean Albertina (Ray) of Glen Carbon, Illinois; a son Christopher Paul Rudy Chapman (Mary) of Columbus, Indiana; stepdaughters Ramelle Lipps Sarna (Richard) of Elmhurst, Illinois and Lisa Lipps Bratina (George) of Toledo, Washington; a brother, Vernon A. Chapman, Jr. of Paducah, Kentucky and four grandchildren, Emily Anne Albertina, Mary Grace Fisher, Nicholas Christopher Bratina and Aaron Christian Bratina. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his first wife, Patricia Anne Medcalf. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Funeral Chapel on Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau. A private burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery followed by a memorial service at First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau at 11:00 a.m. Thursday. The family request memorials directed to Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing, Southeast Missouri Orchestra Fund, First Presbyterian Church or Chateau Girardeau Foundation.

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Dr. Jean Chapman

March 23, 2009