Description
This collection primarily consists of conference materials, manuscripts, minicartridges,
floppy disks, publications, and computer printouts relating to the courses and system
development primarily created by Chapin during his tenure at Stanford University.
Background
Dr. Ned Chapin passed away on December 27, 2014. He was born on the Olympic Peninsula and
grew up living in various locations in Washington, Oregon, and California. After graduating
from Eureka Senior High School in 1945, he attended Stanford University where he played
percussion in the Symphony Orchestra. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago in
1949. He served in the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers during the Korean War. Upon graduating
with a doctorate from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959, he moved to Menlo Park,
California where he lived for the rest of his life. Although he worked at Stanford Research
Institute (now SRI International) for 10 years, for the bulk of his career he was an
independent consultant operating InfoSci Inc. At age 60, he took a job as Professor, and
later Professor Emeritus, of Information Systems in the California State University
system.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Availability
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.