CHAPPIE ROSE died at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 1990. His secondary education was at Columbus (Ohio) Academy and Hotchkiss. At Princeton he majored in history, was a member of Cap and Gown, was chairman of the PRINCETONIAN, was president of the Undergraduate Council, and received the Pyne Honor Prize.
Chappie graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1931. He served for a year as the last law clerk for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. In 1932 he joined a Cleveland law firm, Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn. During WWlI he served on the legal staff of Gen. Lucius D. Clay. He retired with the rank of colonel, with the award of the Legion of Merit, and then helped open a Washington office for his Cleveland law firm.
In 1953 he was named an asst. secretary of the treasury in the Eisenhower administration. In 1956 he returned to his legal practice in both Washington and Cleveland. He served on the boards of banks, utilities, health organizations, and the Cleveland Orchestra, and was president of the Cleveland Bar Assn. He was a friend and adviser of President Nixon and served as his tax lawyer. His law firm, then called Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, had 17 offices worldwide when Chappie retired in 1983.
Chappie married Katherine Cast on Oct. 1, 1938. She survives him, as do a son, Jonathan, and a grandson, Benjamin. Chappie was always prominent in Princeton affairs, and served as a charter trustee. He was active in Class activities, serving as president from 1978 to 1983.
The Class of 1928 mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished members, who was a warm and interested friend of everyone in the Class, and extends its heartfelt sympathy to his family.