Vern Ummel and Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, 1985.

Vern Ummel and Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Clara Irvin Chapman, Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library Heritage Room, Chapman College, Orange, California

Clara Irvin Chapman's last visit to the Chapman campus was in March, 1967 for the opening of the Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library. She is in the Heritage Room by a portrait of her late husband, Charles Clarke Chapman, for whom the college is named.

Irvin [Ernie] Clarke Chapman in California Christian College football uniform. Los Angeles, California, 1930

Irvin [Ernie] Clarke Chapman in football uniform on the campus of California Christian College, Los Angeles, California, 1930.

Clara Irvin Chapman, Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library Heritage Room, Chapman College, Orange, California

Clara Irvin Chapman's last visit to the Chapman campus was in March, 1967 for the opening of the Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library. She is in the Heritage Room by a portrait of her late husband, Charles Clarke Chapman, for whom the college is named.

Clara Irvin Chapman, Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library Heritage Room, Chapman College, Orange, California

Clara Irvin Chapman's last visit to the Chapman campus was in March, 1967 for the opening of the Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library. She is in the Heritage Room of the library.

Cecilia and Randall Presley, Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman, and C. James Beneley at a Chapman College event in 1983

Honorees [left to right] Cecilia and Randall Presley, Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman, and C. James Beneley at a Chapman College event in 1983. Cecilia Presley is the granddaughter of Cecil B. DeMille. [Chapman Quarterly, Winter 1983]

Clara Irvin Chapman, Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library Heritage Room, Chapman College, Orange, California

Clara Irvin Chapman's last visit to the Chapman campus was in March, 1967 for the opening of the Thurmond Clarke Memorial Library. She is in the Heritage Room by a portrait of her late husband, Charles Clarke Chapman, for whom the college is named.

Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Liz Lin and Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985

Liz Lin and Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

Irvin C. (Ernie) Chapman at the Chapman College 124th Anniversary, Orange, California, March 4, 1985.

President G. T. "Buck" Smith presents Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman with 50th year diploma at Commencement, 1983

President G. T. "Buck" Smith presents Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman with 50th year diploma at Commencement, Chapman College, Orange, California, May 29, 1983.

Chapman College Homecoming, Orange, California, 1978

Chapman College Homecoming, Orange, California, 1978. Left to right: Irvin "Ernie" Chapman, Agnes Burghardt, and Edy Chapman.

Chapman College Alumni Trustees pose for a portrait on the campus in Orange, California

Chapman College Alumni Trustees pose for a portrait on the campus in Orange, California in the late 1980s. Left to right: James Roosevelt, A. Andrew Johnson, George Argyros, Harmon Wilkinson, Irvin C. Chapman and Myron Cole.

Charles C. Chapman's birthday celebration, Fullerton, California,1932

Family portrait taken at Charles C. Chapman's birthday celebration, Fullerton, California,July 2, 1932. The group poses outside his residence on the lawn. Top row [left to right]: Arthur Irvin, Charles Wickett, Irvin Chapman, Sam Collins, Paul Williams, Grant Chapman,, Sidney Chapman, Clay McCarn, Earl Chapman's son David McDougal, Earl Chapman's son William McDougal, Earl Chapman, Harry Chapman, William Wickett Sr. Second row [left to right]: Mr. VanMeter, Mrs. Sinclair, C. C. Sinclair, John Franklin, Way Bagley, Marjorie Collins, Emma Williams, Ruth Chapman, Vesta Chapman, Inez Bagley, Grace Chapman, Bertha Chapman, Clough Chapman, Frank and Bertha Chapman's daughter Agnes McDougal [Streech], Georgiana Chapman, Thela Clough, Mrs. Earl [Ann] Chapman, Bessie Reynolds, Fred Chapman, E. B. [Bert] Reynolds. Seated [left to right]: Mrs. VanMeter, Hattie Clark, Louie Messlar, Charlie Thamer, Louella Thamer, Dolla Harris, Stanley Chapman Sr. holding Mary Anne, Ethel Wickett, Charles C. Chapman, Clara Chapman, Colum C. Chapman, Aunt Annie Colum, Deryth Chapman, Anna Marie Chapman, Floy Chapman, Edith Chapman. Front row [left to right]: Sam E. Collins, Bill Wickett Jr., Joyce Chapman, Marilyn Chapman, Elizabeth Chapman, Mary McCarn, Nina Chapman Lescher, Jodeane Collins, Bob Gibb, Jean Chapman. In front is a floral arrangement with drawing of a Western Union telegram "To Chas. C. Chapman, July 2, 1932, N. Fullerton, Cal., 'Wishing you a happy birthday, Nina."