Biography:

Historian; university professor. Born– September 10, 1911, Birmingham. Parents– Charles Arthur and Clemmie (Fason) Chappell. Married– Winn Ownbey, August 30, 1939. Children– Two. Education– Birmingham-Southern College, A.B., 1935; Vanderbilt University, A.M., 1936, Ph.D. 1941. Taught at Vanderbilt University, Winthrop College, Newberry College; head of the Department of History and Political Science at Huntingdon College after 1945; served as visiting professor of history during summer sessions at the University of Alabama. Contributed articles to historical journals and encyclopedias. Honors– Outstanding Educator of America Award, 1972. Died Feb. 6, 2002.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1978; Library of Alabama Lives; obituary, Huntsville Times, February 9, 2002.

Joint_Publication(s):

Know Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Paul R. Malone, 1955.

Local Historical Societies in Alabama. 1960.

Some Patterns of Land Speculation in the Old Southwest.  1949.