Jesse Grant Chapline (13 January 1870 – 4 July 1937) was an American

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and politician who founded

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facility

La Salle Extension University La Salle Extension University (LSEU),De Sola, Ralph (1981). ''Abbreviations dictionary.'' Elsevier, also styled as LaSalle Extension University,The university styled its name as both "La Salle" and "LaSalle" in print mediahttp://aycu21.websho ...

(LSEU) in Chicago.Bishop, Glenn A. and Paul Thomas Gilbert ''Chicago's accomplishments and leaders.'' Bishop Pub. Co., 1932Herringshaw, Mae Felts (1919). ''Herringshaw's City Blue Book of Biography: Chicagoans of 1919.'' Clark J. Herringshaw Pub. Co.

Life and career

Born in

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, he graduated from Saint Louis College. He founded LSEU in 1908.Press Club of Chicago (1922). ''Official reference book.'' Chapline hired

Napoleon Hill Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book ''Think and Grow Rich'' (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted tha ...

as LSEU advertising manager and is acknowledged as an inspiration in Hill's best-seller ''

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''.Hill, Napoleon (1937). ''Think and Grow Rich.'' Wilder Publications, He served as director of the Commercial Research Association, manager of

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's Century Club in Philadelphia, and as president of the Associated Publishing Company. Chapline died in

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.Staff report (July 3, 1937). Jesse G. Chapline, Noted Educator, Dies Suddenly. ''

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''Staff report (July 6, 1937). Jesse G. Chapline; Head of the La Salle Extension University Dies in Chicago. ''

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References

1870 births 1937 deaths Saint Louis University alumni People from Lafayette County, Missouri Politicians from Chicago {{US-academic-administrator-1870s-stub