Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 22, 2002
GEORGE L. CHAPMAN is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
Health Care REIT, Inc. Mr. Chapman began his legal career with the firm
of Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was then a senior
partner in charge of the corporate finance group at the 140-person law
firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, with offices in Toledo, Ohio, Tampa,
Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Chapman is a graduate of
Cornell University and The University of Chicago Law School. He is a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Ohio and
numerous charitable and community boards. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Health Care REITand a picture of things as they are now?
Mr. Chapman: Founded in 1970, we are the oldest healthcare REIT. Since
1970,