Jesse Grant Chapline

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American educator and politician

Places

United States of America

was

Politician Educator

Work field

Academia Politics

Gender

Male

Birth

13 January 1870 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri, U.S.A.

Death

4 July 1937 People who died on this day

Place of death

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Age

67 years

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Biography

Jesse Grant Chapline (13 January 1870 – 4 July 1937) was an American educator and politician who founded distance learning facility La Salle Extension University (LSEU) in Chicago.

Life and career

Born in Waverly, Missouri, he graduated from Saint Louis College. He founded LSEU in 1908. Chapline hired Napoleon Hill as LSEU advertising manager and is acknowledged as an inspiration in Hill's best-seller Think and Grow Rich.

He served as director of the Commercial Research Association, manager of John Wanamaker's Century Club in Philadelphia, and as president of the Associated Publishing Company. Chapline died in Chicago, Illinois.

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