Emmanuel Chapman

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Emmanuel Harrison Chapman (7 February 1905 – 17 April 1948) was an American academic and social activist.

Biography

Emmanuel Chapman was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Harry Chapman and his wife Clara (née Skoor). From a Orthodox Jewish family, he was educated at the University of Chicago (1921–1924), Loyola University (1930–1931) and the University of Toronto (1931–1934).

In the late 1920's, Chapman lived briefly in Paris, where he converted to Catholicism due to Maritain's personal influence.

Chapman was instructor in philosophy at the University of Toronto (1931–1934), University of Notre Dame (1934–1936),[1] associate professor of philosophy at Fordham University (1936–1944) and finally professor at the department psychology and philosophy at Hunter College, New York City.[2]

He founded the Committee of Catholics to Fight Anti-Semitism, later the Committee of Catholics for Human Rights. Likewise, Chapman was on the board of directors of the Greater New York committee for Japanese Americans. He was a member of the national advisory board for the Commision on Law and Social Action and on the editorial advisory board at WEVD radio station.

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  1. The Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. LXVIII, No. 10 (30 November 1934).
  2. The Catholic Worker, Vol. XV, No. 3 (1 May 1948).