death_date children birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place title profession term_start order spouse image name resting_place predecessor birth_place president party successor article_title birth_name
16 february 1936 roy carsten chapin sara ann chapin daniel chapin marian chapin dikeman chapin , jr. joan king chapin john 23 february 1880 march 3 , 1933 university of michigan detroit , michigan , u.s. united states secretary of commerce government august 8 , 1932 6th inez his death -rrb- tiedeman chapin -lrb- m. 1914 - 1936 , roy d. chapin hec.19010.jpg roy d. chapin woodlawn cemetery in detroit , michigan , u.s. robert p. lamont lansing , michigan , u.s. herbert hoover republican daniel c. roper roy d. chapin
 robert dikeman chapin
roy d. chapin

roy dikeman chapin , sr. -lrb- february 23 , 1880february 16 , 1936 -rrb- was an american industrialist and cofounder of hudson motor company , the predecessor of american motors .
he also served as the united states secretary of commerce from august 8 , 1932 , to march 3 , 1933 , in the last months of the administration of president herbert hoover .
