Background
Cooper, Arthur Wells was born on August 15, 1931 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Gustav Arthur and Josephine (Wells) Cooper.
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Arthur Wells Cooper
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Bachelor, Colgate University, 1953; Master of Arts, Colgate University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1958.
Career
Assistant professor botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1958-1963;
associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1963-1968;
professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1968-1971;
professor forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1976-1980, 94-;
head department forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1980-1994;
faculty athletics representative, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1990. Assistant secretary North Carolina Department Natural and Economics Resources, Raleigh, 1971-1976. Member North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission, Raleigh, 1976-1989, North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, Raleigh, 1989-1991.
Chairman Committee Scientists for National Forest Management Act, Washington, 1977-1979, 82, governments Task Force on Forest Sustainability, 1995-1996. Board directors North Carolina Environmental Defense Fund, 1987-1990, Southern Environmental Law Center, 1987-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee North Carolina Nature Conservancy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1977-1987. Member county National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1995-1996, member Division I management county, since 1996. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society American Foresters (chairman North Carolina chapter l984, Appalachian Society l990).
Member Ecological Society American (certified senior ecologist 1982-1997, vice president l974, president l98l, Distinguished Svc. award l984), North Carolina Academy Science (president l979), Association Southeastern Biologists.
Connections
Married Jean Farnsworth, August 30, 1953. Children: Paul Arthur, Roy Alan.
