Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 17, 2000

George L. Chapman – Health Care Reit Inc (hcn)

GEORGE L. CHAPMAN is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Health Care REIT, Inc. Mr. Chapman began his legal career with the firm of Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was then a senior partner in charge of the corporate finance group at the 140-person law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, with offices in Toledo, Ohio, Tampa, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Chapman is a graduate of Cornell University and The University of Chicago Law School. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Ohio and numerous charitable and community boards. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Health Care REIT, Inc.

Mr. Chapman: We are the oldest health care REIT, having been formed in

1970 to finance long-term care facilities. At that point,