Judy Jean Chapman

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Born
Judy Jean Cox

November 18, 1941
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedSeptember 8, 2025 (age 83)
OccupationsNurse, nursing professor
Judy Jean Chapman
Born
Judy Jean Cox

November 18, 1941
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedSeptember 8, 2025 (age 83)
OccupationsNurse, nursing professor

Judy Jean Cox Chapman (November 18, 1941 – September 8, 2025) was an American nurse and college professor. She taught in Vanderbilt University's schools of nursing and medicine from 1966 to 2001.

Cox was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] the daughter of Major Eugene Cox Jr.[2] and Julia Galbreath Cox.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing at Vanderbilt University in 1963, graduating first in her class,[4] and a master's degree from the University of Florida in 1966.[5]

Career

Chapman was a professor of maternal and child nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing from 1966 to 2001; she was also the nursing school's interim dean in 1982 and 1983.[1][6] She was clinical consultant on a textbook, Perinatal Nursing (1977).[7] She also taught in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. The Chapmans were honored by almost a thousand attendees at a black-tie dinner in Nashville when they retired from Vanderbilt in 2001.[8][9] In 2008, she attended the Vanderbilt nursing program's centennial celebrations.[10] She was president of the Planned Parenthood Association of Nashville.[1]

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