Graduate of New Edinburg High School in 1936; employed as timber cruiser by Southern Lumber 'til 1938; majored in Botany and received B.S. degree from Arkansas A&M College in 1942; employed as Observer in Charge of an Off-Airways Weather Station during his term at Arkansas A&M; worked as Scientific Assistant at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station at Hope, Arkansas; received his M.S. degree majoring in Botany and Plant Pathology in 1945 from Oklahoma A&M College; earned his Ph.D. degree in May 1948 from Louisiana State University, with his major in Plant Pathology and minor in Agronomy; his dissertation was a study of sugarcane root rot.
Dr. Cooper joined the faculty of plant pathology at North Carolina State University on May 1, 1948 and made a career of productive research on diseases of peanuts and cotton. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1960 and to Professor in 1966. On July 1, 1970, he became Emeritus Professor, having retired June 30 because of illness. He was a member of The American Phytopathological Society, the Entomological Society of America, the American Genetic Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the N. C. Academy of Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Society of the Sigma Xi.
He was always a generous, cooperative, modest man who gave unselfishly of his time and energy to the advancement of both scientific and academic affairs.
A trust has been set up by his family at the NCSU Agricultural Foundation to establish a memorial fellowship award for outstanding graduate students in plant pathology.
Dr. Cooper was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice H. in 1968. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Beth Faircloth; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Carter Cooper; three brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren.
-- excerpted from Phytopathology for October issued 3 November 1972
Dr. Cooper joined the faculty of plant pathology at North Carolina State University on May 1, 1948 and made a career of productive research on diseases of peanuts and cotton. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1960 and to Professor in 1966. On July 1, 1970, he became Emeritus Professor, having retired June 30 because of illness. He was a member of The American Phytopathological Society, the Entomological Society of America, the American Genetic Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the N. C. Academy of Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Society of the Sigma Xi.
He was always a generous, cooperative, modest man who gave unselfishly of his time and energy to the advancement of both scientific and academic affairs.
A trust has been set up by his family at the NCSU Agricultural Foundation to establish a memorial fellowship award for outstanding graduate students in plant pathology.
Dr. Cooper was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice H. in 1968. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Beth Faircloth; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Carter Cooper; three brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren.
-- excerpted from Phytopathology for October issued 3 November 1972
Graduate of New Edinburg High School in 1936; employed as timber cruiser by Southern Lumber 'til 1938; majored in Botany and received B.S. degree from Arkansas A&M College in 1942; employed as Observer in Charge of an Off-Airways Weather Station during his term at Arkansas A&M; worked as Scientific Assistant at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station at Hope, Arkansas; received his M.S. degree majoring in Botany and Plant Pathology in 1945 from Oklahoma A&M College; earned his Ph.D. degree in May 1948 from Louisiana State University, with his major in Plant Pathology and minor in Agronomy; his dissertation was a study of sugarcane root rot.
Dr. Cooper joined the faculty of plant pathology at North Carolina State University on May 1, 1948 and made a career of productive research on diseases of peanuts and cotton. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1960 and to Professor in 1966. On July 1, 1970, he became Emeritus Professor, having retired June 30 because of illness. He was a member of The American Phytopathological Society, the Entomological Society of America, the American Genetic Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the N. C. Academy of Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Society of the Sigma Xi.
He was always a generous, cooperative, modest man who gave unselfishly of his time and energy to the advancement of both scientific and academic affairs.
A trust has been set up by his family at the NCSU Agricultural Foundation to establish a memorial fellowship award for outstanding graduate students in plant pathology.
Dr. Cooper was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice H. in 1968. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Beth Faircloth; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Carter Cooper; three brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren.
-- excerpted from Phytopathology for October issued 3 November 1972
Dr. Cooper joined the faculty of plant pathology at North Carolina State University on May 1, 1948 and made a career of productive research on diseases of peanuts and cotton. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1960 and to Professor in 1966. On July 1, 1970, he became Emeritus Professor, having retired June 30 because of illness. He was a member of The American Phytopathological Society, the Entomological Society of America, the American Genetic Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the N. C. Academy of Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Society of the Sigma Xi.
He was always a generous, cooperative, modest man who gave unselfishly of his time and energy to the advancement of both scientific and academic affairs.
A trust has been set up by his family at the NCSU Agricultural Foundation to establish a memorial fellowship award for outstanding graduate students in plant pathology.
Dr. Cooper was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice H. in 1968. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Beth Faircloth; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Carter Cooper; three brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren.
-- excerpted from Phytopathology for October issued 3 November 1972
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