Bruce Kerry Chapman (born December 1, 1940)[1] is the founder and current chairman of the board[2] of the Discovery Institute, an American conservative think tank often associated with the religious right.

[5][6][7] Born in Evanston, Illinois, Chapman graduated from Harvard University in 1962,[8] served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, and worked as an editorial writer for the New York Herald Tribune.

With his college roommate George Gilder, Chapman wrote an attack on the anti-intellectual policies of Barry Goldwater titled The Party That Lost Its Head (1966).

In 1966 he moved to Seattle and wrote a book entitled The Wrong Man in Uniform, arguing against conscription, and for an all-volunteer military (Trident Press, 1967).

[a] [12] [13] [14] The institute is best known as the hub of the pseudoscientific Intelligent design movement,[15] and also focuses on a broad range of issues, including: economics, transportation, technology, and citizen leadership.