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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