Background
Cooper, Arnold Cook was born on March 9, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Millard and Sarah Ellen Cooper.
Management educator researcher
Cooper, Arnold Cook was born on March 9, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Millard and Sarah Ellen Cooper.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1955. Master of Science in Management, Purdue University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Purdue University, 2005.
Doctor in Business Administration, Harvard University, 1962.
Engineer, Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, 1957-1958;
assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1963;
associate professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1963-1970;
professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1970-1984;
Weil professor management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, since 1984. Visiting associate professor Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1967-1968. Visiting professor Manchester (England) Business School, 1972, International Institute for Management Development Management Development Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1977-1978.
Past director Graduate Professional Programs, chairman Management Policy Committee, Purdue University, West Lafayette. Member Indiana Employment Development Commission, 1982-1989, Federal Advisory Committee on Industrial Innovation, 1978-1979.
2nd lieutenant United States Army, 1956. Member Academy Management (chairman business policy and strategy division 1978-1979, Outstanding Paper award Entrepreneurship Division 1991, 92, Coleman Entrepreneurship Mentor award, 1993, Richard D. Irwin outstanding educator award, 1999, Society of Fellows, International Council Small Business (Entrepreneurship Educator of Year, 2009), Strategic Management Society (board governors 1984-1986), Society of Fellows.
Married Jean Phillips Lord, September 12, 1959. Children: Katherine Lord, David Andrew.