Background
Cooper, Arnold Michael was born on March 9, 1923 in New York City. Son of Morris and Clara (Aronow) Cooper.
Cooper, Arnold Michael was born on March 9, 1923 in New York City. Son of Morris and Clara (Aronow) Cooper.
AB, Columbia University, 1943. Certified psychoanalytic medicine, Columbia University, 1956. Doctor of Medicine, University Utah, 1947.
Research fellow in medicine, Harvard University, 1947-1948; assistant in medicine, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, 1947-1948; intern internal medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1948-1950; psychiatric resident, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1950-1953; member of faculty, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, since 1968; clinical professor psychiatry, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1971-1974; lecturer, Columbia University Division Humanities and Contemporary Civilization, 1964-1979; Adjunct Professor comparative literature, Columbia University Division Humanities and Contemporary Civilization, since 1985; professor psychiatry, New York Hospital-Cornell Univercity Medical Center, since 1974; Stephen P. Tobin and Doctor Arnold M. Cooper professor consultation liaison psychiatry, New York Hospital-Cornell Univercity Medical Center, 1992-1994; Stephen P. Tobin and Doctor Arnold M. Cooper professor emeritus, New York Hospital-Cornell Univercity Medical Center, since 1994; associate chairman education, department psychiatry, New York Hospital-Cornell Univercity Medical Center-Payne Whitney Clinic, 1974-1988; supervisor, training psychoanalyst, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center Training and Research, since 1961. Member institutional review board Rockefeller U., since 1990.
Member American Psychoanalytic Association (president 1980-1982), American Association Directors Psychiatric Residency Training, International Psychoanalytic Association (vice president 1985-1989, associate secretary since 1989), American College Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (president New York County district branch 1988-1989), New York Psychiatric Society, Association Directors Medical Student Education, Association Psychoanalytic Medicine (president 1975-1977), American College Psychoanalysis, Vidonian Society, Century Club (New York City), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Madge Huntington, June 28, 1973. Children by previous marriage: Andrew, Melissa, Thomas.