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Alvah Chapman, Jr.
Alvah Herman Chapman, Jr. (March 21, 1921 – December 25, 2008) was an American newspaper publisher who served at the helm of ''The Miami Herald'' and as chairman of the Knight Ridder newspaper division.
==Biography==
Chapman was born in Columbus, Georgia on March 21, 1921. His family owned the R. W. Page Corporation, which owned the ''Columbus Ledger-Enquirer'' among other publications. His father was chosen as publisher of ''The Bradenton Evening Herald'', and he moved to Florida with his family when he was five years old. He was editor of the student yearbook and quarterback on the football team in high school.〔McFadden, Robert D. ("Alvah H. Chapman Jr., Civic-Minded Leader of Knight Ridder, Dies at 87" ), ''The New York Times'', December 27, 2008. Accessed December 29, 2008.〕
He attended The Citadel, graduating in 1942. He endowed the Alvah H. Chapman chair in business management at his alma mater in 1989.〔
He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and was pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, flying 37 missions over Europe. By age 23, he was named as a squadron commander. After a mission in which two of his plane's four engines caught fire, he was able to land his plane safely. Chapman was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.〔
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