Barbara Crowder Cooper

Background

Cooper, Barbara Crowder was born on March 8, 1949 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Daughter of Clyde L. and Myra Katherine Crowder.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1973; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1994.

Career

Research assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1973, 84-85; instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1985-1988; teaching assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1989-1992; laboratory coordinator, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1989; aquatic instructor, Somerset Hills Young Men’s Christian Association, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1976-1983; geologic consultant, Chief Executive Officer, Geo Solutions, Inc., West Lafayette, since 1992; environmental consultant, Ecologistics, Ltd., West Lafayette, 1995-1997. Adjunct Professor department geology, member affiliated faculty Center for Earth and Environmental Sciences Indiana U.-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Achievements

• Barbara Crowder Cooper has been listed as a noteworthy Hydrogeologist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees St. Andrew United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, 1992, member education committee, 1995, member church growth, since 1996. Member Association Engineering Geologists (Outstanding Student Paper award NorthCtrl. section 1993, author Field Trip Guide 1994), National Groundwater Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon (president 1989-1992).

Interests

• Avocations: flying, horseback riding, tennis.

Connections

Married James Albert CooperJr., August 3, 1968. Children: David Alan, Katherine Liann.

Father:

Clyde L. Crowder

Mother:

Myra Katherine Crowder

Spouse:

James Albert CooperJr.

child:

Katherine Liann Cooper

child:

David Alan Cooper