IFDA to honor journalist Chapman  

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 8/20/2008 1:54:00 PM

New York – The New York Chapter of the International Furnishings Design Association will hold a memorial service Sept. 9 in memory of Pat Chapman, journalist and home furnishings public relations executive who died suddenly last May.

The memorial service will take place from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at Steelcase, 4 Columbus Circle, in Manhattan.

In addition, IFDA has established the Pat Chapman Memorial Scholarship, to be awarded to a student in the media department at Parsons The New School for Design, New York. Donations should be made out to Parsons and sent to the IFDA NY headquarters at 200 Lexington Ave., Suite 416, New York, N.Y. 10016.

Donations can also be made on site at the service.

After working for daily newspapers in New York and New Jersey, Chapman began covering home furnishings for the trade press. She also ran a public relations firm, Chapman-Jones Communications, which specialized in home furnishings clients.