Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 22, 2002

George Chapman – Health Care Reit Inc (hcn)

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 REIT

and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Chapman: Founded in 1970, we are the oldest healthcare REIT. Since

1970,