About Frank's Father Frank Michler Chapman, 1864-1945 whose father was Lebbeus Chapman, Jr. a New York Lawyer. His mother was Mary Augusta Parkhurst who was born June 12, 1864 in West Englewood, New Jersey. Attended Englewood Academy, graduated age 16. Joined: American Exchange National Bank of New York. Resigned from Bank: 1886. 1888: Appointed assistant to J. Arthur Allen at Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. $50/month. 1898: Married Fanny Bates Embury. 1901: Associate Curator Mammals and Birds. 1908: Curator of Birds. 1913: Brown University conferred degree Doctor of Science. Director of Publications for the American Red Cross during WW I. 1920: named Chairman of new Dept. of Birds. Died: Nov. 15, 1945 in New York City.
	Frank was born in 1900 and was the only child. A gifted singer in his own right, he married Gladys Swarthout of the Metropolitan Opera. Gladys married Frank Chapman in Englewood, New Jersey, two years after they met in 1929 in an opera house in Italy. It was her second marriage.  Mr. Chapman, who was a graduate of Princeton, Class of 1922, was also a distingushed operatic baritone.  They each attended the other's debut in New York and a year later sang in a joint recital.  Mr. Chapman served as his wife's agent, approving contracts and appearances throughout her life.  He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. They maintained a home on a farm in Connecticut and an apartment in New York City before they moved to Italy in the 1960's.