Zada Mary Cooper was the daughter of James and Janetta Cooper. She graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1897. After graduation she became a Professor of Pharmacy at the State University, serving a total of 45 years before her retirement in 1942.
During her time at the university, she organized and developed the first departmental library in the college of pharmacy, taught pharmaceutical arithmetic and laboratory courses, was the first editor of the College of Pharmacy News, the first woman to become president of Rho Chi (national honorary pharmaceutical society), and wrote a history of the State University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1947.
After her retirement she made her home in Villisca, Iowa, with her brother, Dr. J. Clark Cooper.
Zada was a resident of Villisca when she died at an Omaha hospital at the age of 86 years.
During her time at the university, she organized and developed the first departmental library in the college of pharmacy, taught pharmaceutical arithmetic and laboratory courses, was the first editor of the College of Pharmacy News, the first woman to become president of Rho Chi (national honorary pharmaceutical society), and wrote a history of the State University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1947.
After her retirement she made her home in Villisca, Iowa, with her brother, Dr. J. Clark Cooper.
Zada was a resident of Villisca when she died at an Omaha hospital at the age of 86 years.
Zada Mary Cooper was the daughter of James and Janetta Cooper. She graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1897. After graduation she became a Professor of Pharmacy at the State University, serving a total of 45 years before her retirement in 1942.
During her time at the university, she organized and developed the first departmental library in the college of pharmacy, taught pharmaceutical arithmetic and laboratory courses, was the first editor of the College of Pharmacy News, the first woman to become president of Rho Chi (national honorary pharmaceutical society), and wrote a history of the State University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1947.
After her retirement she made her home in Villisca, Iowa, with her brother, Dr. J. Clark Cooper.
Zada was a resident of Villisca when she died at an Omaha hospital at the age of 86 years.
During her time at the university, she organized and developed the first departmental library in the college of pharmacy, taught pharmaceutical arithmetic and laboratory courses, was the first editor of the College of Pharmacy News, the first woman to become president of Rho Chi (national honorary pharmaceutical society), and wrote a history of the State University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1947.
After her retirement she made her home in Villisca, Iowa, with her brother, Dr. J. Clark Cooper.
Zada was a resident of Villisca when she died at an Omaha hospital at the age of 86 years.
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