Morris H. Chapman (born 21 November 1940) was elected president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee on 1 October 1992. In September 2009 he announced that he would retire from this position effective 30 September 2010.Chapman was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on 21 November 1940. He graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi (1963) and earned the Master of Divinity (1968) and Doctor of Ministry (1975) degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He was awarded three honorary degrees, the Doctor of Sacred Theology, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri (1985); the Doctor of Divinity, Mississippi College (1992); and the Doctor of Sacred Theology, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona (2005). Wikipedia