Bruce K. Chapman

2025-07-24T18:46:48Z

51.194.184.85: They claimed that evolution was pseudoscientific and that the intelligent design movement was scientific, both of which are incorrect, so I edited them.

{{Short description|American politician & diplomat (born 1940)}}
{{distinguish|Bruce Chapman (Australian economist)}}
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| order = 2nd
| office = United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna
| predecessor = [[Richard S. Williamson]]
| successor = [[Michael H. Newlin]]
| president = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start = August 1, 1985
| term_end = October 16, 1988
| order1 = 16th
| office1 = Director of the United States Census Bureau
| term_start1 = January 15, 1981
| term_end1 = March 23, 1983
| president1 = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| predecessor1 = [[Manuel D. Plotkin]]
| successor1 = [[John G. Keane]]
| order2 = 12th
| office2 = Secretary of State of Washington
| term_start2 = January 15, 1975
| term_end2 = January 14, 1981
| governor2 = [[Daniel J. Evans]]<br>[[Dixy Lee Ray]]
| predecessor2 = [[Lud Kramer]]
| successor2 = [[Ralph Munro]]
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'''Bruce Kerry Chapman''' (born December 1, 1940)<ref>{{cite web
| title=Bruce Chapman
| website=Discovery Institute
| access-date=2023-07-17
| url=https://www.discovery.org/p/chapman
}}</ref> is the founder and current chairman of the board<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Eric |title=Bruce Chapman's Newest Book Shows How the Anti-Speech Lobby has Damaged Citizen Participation in Politics |url=https://www.ifs.org/2018/07/25/bruce-chapmans-newest-book-shows-how-the-anti-speech-lobby-has-damaged-citizen-participation-in-politics/ |website=www.ifs.org |date=July 25, 2018 |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref> of the [[Discovery Institute]], an [[Americans|American]] [[conservatism|conservative]] think tank often associated with the [[Christian right|religious right]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centerforinquiry.net/uploads/attachments/Forrest_Paper.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630002824/http://www.centerforinquiry.net/uploads/attachments/Forrest_Paper.pdf |archivedate=June 30, 2007 |date=May 2007 |title=Understanding the Intelligent Design Creationist Movement: Its True Nature and Goals. A Position Paper from the Center for Inquiry, Office of Public Policy |author=Barbara Forrest |author-link=Barbara Forrest |accessdate=December 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>Patricia O'Connell Killen, a religion professor at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma whose work centers on the regional religious identity of the Pacific Northwest, recently{{when|date=May 2022}} wrote that "religiously inspired think tanks such as the conservative evangelical Discovery Institute" are part of the "religious landscape" of that area. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3944/is_200502/ai_n9521923] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304043814/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3944/is_200502/ai_n9521923|date=March 4, 2008}}</ref> He was previously a [[journalist]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]], and a [[diplomat]]. He is the author, most recently, of ''Politicians: The Worst Kind of People to Run the Government, Except for All the Others'' (Discovery Institute Press, 2018).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Eric |title=Bruce Chapman's Newest Book Shows How the Anti-Speech Lobby has Damaged Citizen Participation in Politics |url=https://www.ifs.org/2018/07/25/bruce-chapmans-newest-book-shows-how-the-anti-speech-lobby-has-damaged-citizen-participation-in-politics/ |website=www.ifs.org |date=July 25, 2018 |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Politicians: The Worst Kind of People to Run the Government, Except for All the Others |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CZPGZYT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 |via=amazon.com | date=May 15, 2018 | publisher=Discovery Institute Press |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Politicians: The Worst Kind of People to Run the Government Except for All the Others |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/politicians-bruce-k-chapman/1128633073?ean=9781936599530 |website=barnesandnoble.com |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]], Chapman graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1962,<ref>{{cite book|last=Kabaservice|first=Geoffrey|title=Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|place=New York|isbn=9780199768400|page=36}}</ref> served in the [[U.S. Air Force Reserves]], and worked as an editorial writer for the ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]''. With his college roommate [[George Gilder]], Chapman wrote an attack on the anti-intellectual policies of [[Barry Goldwater]] titled ''The Party That Lost Its Head'' (1966). In 1966 he moved to [[Seattle]] and wrote a book entitled ''The Wrong Man in Uniform'', arguing against [[conscription]], and for an all-volunteer military (Trident Press, 1967).

Chapman became active in politics through the Seattle Young Republicans, and became a member of the [[United States Republican Party]]. He was elected to the [[Seattle City Council]] in 1971. In 1975, he was appointed [[Secretary of State of Washington]], and won election twice (1975, 1976).<ref>{{cite web |title=Secretaries of State Club |url=https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/fromourcorner/index.php/2013/03/secretaries-of-state-club/ |website=blogs.sos.wa.gov |date=March 12, 2013 |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Daly v. Chapman |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1975/43852-1.html |website=law.justia.com |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Role of the Secretary of State in Elections |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/timeline/secstate.htm |website=www.sos.wa.gov |accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref> He campaigned for the office of [[Governor of Washington]] in [[1980 Washington gubernatorial election|1980]], but ultimately did not win the Republican nomination.

Chapman was appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]] to the position of Director of the [[United States Census Bureau]] and served in that role from 1981 until 1983.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} Between 1983 and 1985 he was Deputy Assistant to President Reagan and Director of the [[White House]] Office of Planning and Evaluation. From 1985 to 1988 he served in the appointed position of [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna]]. His portfolio included [[nuclear proliferation]], [[refugee]]s, [[economic development]], and the control of [[narcotics]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

==Intelligent design==
From 1988 to 1990, Chapman was a fellow at the [[Hudson Institute]], a [[conservative think tank]].
Chapman left the Hudson Institute in 1990 and cofounded the [[Discovery Institute]] along with [[George Franklin Gilder]] in 1991.{{efn|name=irs_found|founded in 1991 per IRS Form-990}}
<ref name=irs2021>{{cite web
| title=Discovery Institute - IRS Form-990 yr2021
| website=ProPublica - Nonprofit Explorer
| access-date=2023-07-17
| url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/911521697/202203189349318480/full
| date=2022-11-14
}}</ref>
<ref name=di_about>{{cite web
| title=What we do
| website=Discovery Institute
| access-date=2023-07-17
| url=https://www.discovery.org/about
}}</ref>
<ref name=di_board>{{cite web
| title=Board of directors
| website=Discovery Institute
| access-date=2023-07-17
| url=https://www.discovery.org/about/board-of-directors
}}</ref>
The institute is best known as the hub of the [[Intelligent design movement]] and critic of evolution, which they claim has never been observed or tested, a necessary aspect of any science.<ref>[https://archive.today/20070208111045/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1407612,00.html What is...'Intelligent Design?'] Terence Kealey. The Times, UK, December 18, 2004.</ref> and also focuses on a broad range of issues, including: economics, transportation, technology, and citizen leadership. In 2011, Chapman became chairman of the Discovery Institute.<ref name=di_board />
<ref name=irs2011>{{cite web
| title=Discovery Institute - IRS Form-990 yr2011
| website=ProPublica - Nonprofit Explorer
| access-date=2023-07-17
| url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/911521697/2013_04_EO%2F91-1521697_990_201112
| date=2012-11-14
}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==

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== External links ==
* [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=7&isFellow=true Bruce Chapman biography] from the [[Discovery Institute]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060207030634/http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0605/discovery-darwin.php Discovery's Creation] A brief history of the founding of the Discovery institute and how the Wedge Document was made public.

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