What is Emmett Chappelle?
[[File:Dr._Emmett_W._Chappelle.jpg|thumb|Dr. Emmett W. Chappelle at the National Inventors Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2007]] [[File:Dr. Emmett W. Chappelle.jpg|thumb|290x290px]] '''Emmett W. Chappelle''' (24 October 1925 – 14 October 2019)<ref name=Legacy>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/emmett-chappelle-obituary?pid=194206452|title=Emmett W. Chappelle|date=19 October 2019 |access-date=26 October 2019|publisher=Legacy.com}}</ref> is an African-American scientist. He was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. He worked for [[NASA]]. He also was a member of the [[American Chemical Society]], the [[American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology|American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology]], the American Society of Photobiology, the [[American Society for Microbiology|American Society of Microbiology]], and the American Society of Black Chemists. Chappelle died of [[kidney failure]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] on 14 October 2019, one week before his 94th birthday.<ref name=Legacy/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapelle, Emmett}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:American astronomers]] [[Category:Scientists from Arizona]] [[Category:People from Phoenix, Arizona]] [[Category:Military people from Arizona]] {{US-bio-stub}}