Henry Alan Geoffrey “Geoff” Chapman ’52

Henry Alan Geoffrey “Geoff” Chapman ’52 of Camden, Maine, died on September 17, 2021. He was born July 23, 1927, in Englewood, New Jersey, and prepared for college at the Hotchkiss School before entering Dartmouth. Geoff spent more than 30 years in the military, serving two years in the Army of Occupation and Army Intelligence until 1947 and subsequently as an officer in the Air Force. Geoff qualified in and flew more than 20 different airplanes and served as squadron commander during the Vietnam War. His love of flying inspired and outlasted his Air Force career. In his early 20s, he purchased a Piper Cub, and toward the end of his 70s, took up paragliding. Skiing was Geoff’s favorite pastime from his childhood in the Swiss Alps to his Dartmouth ski jumping to the French, German, and Austrian Alps, where he skied competitively for the Air Force and finally ending as a mountain steward at Camden’s Snowbowl. Geoff participated in numerous causes that contributed to the well-being of the communities he lived in. He was a literacy volunteer, selectman, school board member, founder of an education foundation, Red Cross driver, library volunteer, school bus driver, rural mail carrier, Nature Conservancy volunteer, American Legion member, softball coach, mountain guide, and Meals on Wheels driver, just to name a few. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Marilyn; sons Philip, Daniel, Peter, and Matthew; daughter Alexis; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.