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| birth_name = Billy Gene Chapman<br>
| name = Billy Gene Chapman<br>
(Advocate for the visually impaired)
(Advocate for the visually impaired)
| birth_date =October 11, 1928
| birth_date =October 11, 1928
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]}}
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]}}
'''Billy Gene Chapman''' , known as '''Bill G. Chapman''' (October 11, 1928 – August 26, 2007), was an advocate for visually impaired persons, principally in [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[New Mexico]]. The founder of Vision Loss Technology, Chapman,himself blind, authored in 2001 ''Coping With Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do'', with George H. Pollock as the illustrator. ''Coping with Vision Loss'' consists of thirty-six chapters, one devoted to [[macular degeneration]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FB3fP0tgedIC&pg=PA89|title=''Coping with Macular Degeneration and ''Coping with Vision Loss: Maximizing what You Can See and Do''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=February 9, 2009 | first=Bill | last=Chapman | isbn=978-0-89793-316-2}}</ref> Chapman also wrote various journalarticles and supplied aids to enable the blind to function as otherwise sighted individuals.<ref name=obit> Bill G. Chapman, obituary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', August 28, 2007.</ref>
'''Billy Gene Chapman''' , known as '''Bill G. Chapman''' (October 11, 1928 – August 26, 2007), was an advocate for visually impaired persons, principally in [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], and [[New Mexico]]. The founder of Vision Loss Technology, Chapman,himself blind, authored in 2001 ''Coping With Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do'', with George H. Pollock as the illustrator. ''Coping with Vision Loss'' consists of thirty-six chapters, one devoted to macular degeneration.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FB3fP0tgedIC&pg=PA89|title=''Coping with Macular Degeneration and ''Coping with Vision Loss: Maximizing what You Can See and Do''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=February 9, 2009 | first=Bill | last=Chapman | isbn=978-0-89793-316-2}}</ref> Chapman also wrote various journalarticles and supplied aids to enable the blind to function as otherwise sighted individuals.<ref name=obit> Bill G. Chapman, obituary, ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', August 28, 2007.</ref>
Chapman was born in Chickasha in Grady County in south central [[Oklahoma]] to the late Helen and Talford Chapman. He graduated in 1950 from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee.<refname=obit/> In 1954, he completed Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbts.edu/|title=Central Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=cbts.edu|accessdate=August27, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070809082004/http://www.cbts.edu/| archivedate= 9 August 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Thereafter, he entered the [[United States Air Force]] and served in [[Louisiana]], [[Labrador]], [[Baffin Island]], [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Great Britain]], and Texas. He was medically retired from the Air Force in 1969, having attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=obit/>
Chapman was born in Chickasha in Grady County in south central [[Oklahoma]] to the late Helen and Talford Chapman. He graduated in 1950 from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee.<refname=obit/> In 1954, he completed Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbts.edu/|title=Central Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=cbts.edu|accessdateAugust 27, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070809082004/http://www.cbts.edu/| archivedate=August 9, 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Thereafter, he entered the [[United States Air Force]] and served in [[Louisiana]], Labrador, Bsffin Island, [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Great Britain]], and Texas. He was medically retired from the Air Force in 1969, having attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=obit/>
In 1973, then legally blind, Chapman procured his [[Ph.D.]] (then Ed.D.) from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]] in the fields of "Rehabilitation Administration" and "Rehabilitation Counseling". Chapman was a memberof Macular Degeneration International, the Council for Citizens with Low Vision, and the Association for Macular Diseases.<ref name=obit/>
In 1973, then legally blind, Chapman procured his [[Ph.D.]] (then Ed.D.) from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]] in the fields of "Rehabilitation Administration" and "Rehabilitation Counseling". Chapman was a memberof Macular Degeneration International, the Council for Citizens with Low Vision, and the Association for Macular Diseases.<ref name=obit/>