Ginnie Cooper

Background

Cooper, Ginnie was born in 1945 in Worthington, Minnesota, WEST0. Daughter of Lawrence D. and Ione Cooper.

Education

Student, College St. Thomas student, University Wisconsin, Parkside Bachelor, South Dakot State University Master of Arts in Library. Science, University of Minnesota.

Career

Teacher, Flandreau (South Dakot) Indian School, 1967-1968; teacher, St. Paul Public Schools, 1968-1969; branch library, Washington County Library., Lake Elmo, Minnesota, 1970-1971; assistant director, Washington County Library., Lake Elmo, Minnesota, 1971-1975; associate administrator, library, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 1975-1977; director, Kenosha (Wisconsin) Public Library., 1977-1981; county library, Alameda County (California) Library., 1981-1990; director libraries, Multnomah County Library., Portland, Oregon, since 1990.

Achievements

• Ginnie Cooper has been listed as a noteworthy Library director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair County Manager Association. County administrator Mayor's Executive Roundtable. Member American Library Association (member LAMA, PLA and RASD committees, elected to county 1987, 91, member legislation committee 1986-1990, member organization committee since 1990), California Library.

Association (president CIL, 1985, elected to county 1986, president California County Libraries 1986), Oregon Library. Association, Public Library. Association (president 1997-1998).

Connections

Married Richard Bauman, December 1995. 1 child, Daniel Jay.

Father:

Lawrence D.

Mother:

Ione Cooper

Spouse:

Richard Bauman

child:

Daniel Jay Cooper