1928 – February 2, 2008
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– Chapman Acadamy – Columbia, MO
– Friend of Jeff Cooper
the man the late, great Jeff Cooper called “the maestro”
of practical handgun shooting according to Massad Ayoo
- United States Marine Corps, Pacific Ocean theater, World War II
- Marine during early stages of the Korean Conflict
- fireman in Oregon as he completed his Degree in Civil Engineering
- worked as a policeman in California
- 1950s worked at California Highway Department
- 1950s – Central to the development of practical shooting
- 1950s pioneer of the Southwest Pistol League
- 1975 won the first IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1975 Opened the world-renowned Chapman Academy of Practical Shooting in Columbia Missouri
- 1976 – Founder of the International Practical Shooting Confederation
- 1979 retired from competition
- 1979 His training facility became the home of the Bianchi Cup
- retired from the Academy in 1995
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- 2012 is a banner year in that Chapman Academy is now open for teaching again
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