With a passion for cities and architecture that was fueled by the magazines and books he read and the drawings he composed, M. Perry Chapman Jr. knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life when he was only 8. “That drive and knowledge of who he was factored into so many aspects of his life,’’ said his daughter Anne Doran of Brattleboro. “He was really passionate about the stuff he loved.’’ An award-winning planner for college campuses and a lifelong environmental advocate, Mr. Chapman died of an arterial aneurysm Dec. 8 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. He was 76 and lived in Belmont.
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