Involvement — that could have been Walter’s middle name. He was involved in the New Orleans community as president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, chairman of the Faubourg St. Mary Corp. (a preservation group), vice chairman of the Vieux Carre Commission (maintaining the distinctive architectural, historic character, and zoning integrity of the city’s French Quarter), secretary of the state council for Vocational Education, and treasurer of the Longue-Vue House. He also was a board member of Planned Parenthood of New Orleans, Trinity School, and Metairie Park Country Day School. And for 30 years Walter was president of Engineered Equipment Inc., a crane-rental and industrial-contracting company that he founded.
Walter’s family included several Princetonians: his father, Walter F. Chappell Jr. ’20; his brother, Hayward H. Chappell ’51; and his father-in-law, Greer Zachry ’25.
When Walter died Jan. 15, 2014, he left his wife, Jean Zachry Chappell; his daughter, Linda Chappell Walker; and two grandchildren. To them all, ’46 expresses its sincere sympathy. We have lost a busy, public-minded classmate.