Harry Preston Cooper

Background

Cooper,, Harry Preston was born on December 5, 1911 in Yountsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Harry Preston and Josephine Missouri (Long) Cooper.

Education

AB, Indiana University, 1934. Juris Doctor, Indiana University, 1936.

Career

General counsel Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, Indianapolis, 1936—1951, executive vice president, 1951—1961, manager, 1961—1967. President Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Group, since 1967. Assistant secretary NAMIC, Indianapolis, 1936—1946, manager, 1946—1961.

Associate Bredell, Cooper & Martin, Indianapolis, 1944—1961. Secretary Town & Country Mutual Insurance Company, Indianapolis, 1954—1961, president, since 1961, Indiana Union Mutual Insurance Company, Indianapolis, since 1982. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.

Membership

Member of American Bar Association, Insurance Institute Indiana (executive committee member since 1981), Alliance American Insurance (regional advisory board member since 1977), National Association Mutual Insurance Companies (Presidential award 1983), American Management Association, Indiana Bar Association, Citizens Advisory Committee (judiciary committee), Shriners, Masons, Kiwanis, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Louise Browning, November 24, 1933. Children: Carol Cooper Miles, Harry Preston, Linda Cooper Etherton.

Father:

Harry Preston Cooper

Mother:

Josephine Missouri (Long) Cooper

Spouse:

Elizabeth Louise Browning

child:

Linda Cooper Etherton Cooper,

child:

Carol Cooper Miles Cooper,

child:

Harry Preston Cooper,