William Ryan Chapman
William Ryan Chapman is an American preservationist and scholar who currently serves as Interim Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[1] Chapman graduated from Vermont Academy in 1967 and, in 2022, the school awarded him the Florence R. Sabin Class of 1889 Distinguished Alumni Award. Few alumni have received this honor. Along with Chapman, those who have won this award include Major General Bruce M. Lawlor (senior director of the Department of Homeland Security) and Anthony “Joe” Perry (Aerosmith guitarist).[2] Chapman earned a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Virginia in 1971, an M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University in 1978, and a D.Phil in Anthropology from Oxford University in 1982. He taught Historic Preservation at the University of Georgia from 1986 to 1993.[3] In 1993, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa recruited Chapman away from the University of Georgia to be the director of their Historic Preservation program.[4] During his career in the islands, Chapman work has earned many prestigious awards.[3] For example, in 2011, his work has a preservationist earned him the Frank Haines Award.[5] Chapman has also published two internationally distributed books on archeology in Southeast Asia.[6] In December 2015, The Journal of Asian Studies,published by Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom, featured a positive review of Chapman's book A Heritage of Ruins: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation.[7] The National Park Service commissioned Chapman to produce a nearly 500 page report titled "HAWAI‘I, THE MILITARY, AND THE NATIONAL PARK: WORLD WAR II AND ITS IMPACTS ON CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT" and published the report on the official National Park Service website.[8] In April 2022, the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan in Malaysia recruited Chapman to work on a US government funded project to document a Malaysian dance called “Rebana Kerching.” The University brought Chapman to Malaysia in July 2022 to speak on the topic.[9] Chapman is a central figure in efforts to places in Hawai'i associated with Barak Obama and have at least one place renamed to commemorate the U.S. President's birth and life in Hawai'i.[10] He also serves as the Vice-Chairperson of the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board.[11]
References
- ↑ http://www.arch.hawaii.edu/faculty/william-chapman/
- ↑ "Sabin Alumni Award Honorees". www.vermontacademy.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.arch.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CHAPMAN-CV.pdf
- ↑ "Preserving Honolulu: An Interview with University of Hawaii's William Chapman". July 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Honoring Preservation Visionaries".
- ↑ "William R. Chapman". UBC Press.
- ↑ Lowman, Ian (November 8, 2015). "A Heritage of Ruins: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation. By William Chapman. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2013. xviii, 340 pp. 40.00 (paper, ISBN 9780295990422)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 74 (4): 1061–1063. doi:10.1017/S0021911815001503 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ https://www.nps.gov/hale/learn/historyculture/upload/WWII-Special-History-Hawaii-FINAL-REPORT-7-16-14-a.pdf
- ↑ Nguyen, Hoan (August 9, 2022). "School of Architecture Interim Dean Dr. William Chapman visits Kelantan, Malaysia".
- ↑ Blair, Chad (June 27, 2021). "Chad Blair: Why Is It So Hard To Name Something After Obama In Hawaii?". Honolulu Civil Beat.
- ↑ "Hawaii Historic Places Review Board". 20 May 2015.
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