Arthur Seymour Champeny (August 13, 1893 – April 11, 1979) was a United States Army officer, reaching the rank of Brigadier General.

While at Washburn, he was a member of the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta and inducted into the school's exclusive Sagamore Society.

Assisting the battalion commander, who had been severely wounded in the early fighting, Captain Champeny maintained the liaison personnel, making many journeys himself through heavy shelling.

[3]Following the end of World War II, Champeny served at South Boston Army Base as Regimental commander and Lieutenant General John R. Hodge appointed him the first Director of National Defense in Korea.

Following the outbreak of combat, Champeny was named commander of the segregated 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Division replacing Colonel Horton V. White.

The day after taking command, Champeny reportedly told members of the Regiment's 3rd battalion that his experience during World War II showed that "coloreds did not make good combat soldiers" and had a "reputation for running".

Colonel Champeny distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Haman, Korea, on 5 September 1950.

127 (October 20, 1950)[3]As a result of his injuries, Champeny was evacuated to Japan and replaced as regimental commander by Colonel John T. Corley.

[7] He was involved in gaining of the support in the restart of the pre-war program of sending Koreans to the United States for basic and advance infantry and artillery training.