Chester Lawrence Cooper

Background

Cooper, Chester Lawrence was born on January 13, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Israel and Hannah (Levenson) Cooper.

Education

Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1939. Master of Business Administration, New York University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, American University, Washington, 1960.

Career

Assistant deputy director Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1947-1962. Senior staff White House/National Security Council, 1962-1966, United States Department State, Washington, 1966-1970. Director international division Institute Defense Analysis, Arlington, Virginia, 1970-1972.

Fellow Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars, Washington, 1972-1975. Deputy director Institute Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1975-1983. Deputy director, acting director International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1983-1985.

Coordinator internat programs Resources for the Future, Washington, 1985-1992. Deputy director Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1992-2001, emeritus director, 2001. Deputy director emeritus Joint Institute for Research on Global Change, University Maryland./Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2001—2005.

Consultant Screenscope Films, Washington.

Achievements

• Chester Lawrence Cooper has been listed as a noteworthy Research administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Lost Crusade: America in Vietnam

    (The Lost Crusade: America in Vietnam Jan 01, 1970 Chester...)

  • THE LOST CRUSADE. America in Vietnam. Foreword by Ambassador W. Averell Harriman.

Membership

Member Council Foreign Relations, Poets, Essayists, Novelists, Cosmos Club.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, gardening, sculpting, 18th Century Furniture andSilver.

Connections

Married Orah Pomerance, July 23. Children: Joan Laurence Gould, Susan Louise Cooper.

Father:

Israel Cooper

Mother:

Hannah (Levenson) Cooper

Spouse:

Orah Pomerance

child:

Susan Louise Cooper

child:

Joan Laurence Gould Cooper