Susan Belson Chapman

Susan Belson Chapman of Westhampton Beach, formerly of Dix Hills, died on Sunday, August 3, of lung cancer. She was 62.

Born in Flushing, Queens, Mrs. Chapman raised her family in Dix Hills before moving to Westhampton Beach five years ago.

While in Dix Hills, she became involved in numerous civic and environmental initiatives and lobbied local agencies and school boards for policies that would conserve resources.

In 1996, she and her husband Stuart launched DataMedica, a medical publishing company that produced journals distributed nationwide to physicians and sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. She also helped found a second company to produce additional medical journals for medical oncologists and urologists. These journals have a combined circulation worldwide of more than 60,000 physicians, and provided continuing medical education credits for doctors.

Mrs. Chapman also co-founded the American Academy of Immunotherapy, a non-profit organization that sponsored additional educational programs for physicians.

She was known to relatives and friends for her commitment to victims of child and sexual abuse, and campaigned against the proliferation of pornography and obscenity in the media.

Raised as a Catholic, she was involved in church activities and a variety of civic causes in the Westhampton and Westhampton Beach areas. She enjoyed traveling, and was an avid reader and researcher.

Mrs. Chapman is survived by her husband, Stuart; two sons, Nathan of Sintra, Portugal, and Jonathan of San Diego, California; a daughter, Jenny of New York City; two sisters, Cynthia Slogick of East Meadow, and Jacqueline Joyce of Ridgewood, New Jersey; a brother, Charles Belson of Cleveland, Ohio; two grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

A wake was held at Follett and Werner Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach on August 8. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Quiogue on August 9; interment was private.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Fighting Chance, P.O. Box 1358, Sag Harbor, New York 11963 would be appreciated by the family.