James Richard Cooper

Background

Cooper, James Richard was born on January 19, 1943 in Pittsburgh. Son of Frederic Price and Ruth Lawrence (Stalder) Cooper.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1965; Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, 1969.

Career

Director division medical and professional affairs, National Institute Drug Abuse, Rockville, Doctor of Medicine, 1973-1982; associate director medical and international affairs, National Institute Drug Abuse, Rockville, Doctor of Medicine, since 1983; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Washington, since 1973. Member of advisory committee United Nations Commision on Narcotic Drugs, since 1984. Temporary advisory World Health Organization, 1983, 85.

Member steering committee American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, since 1986.

Achievements

• James Richard Cooper has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Research on the Treatment of Narcotic Addiction: State of the Art

Membership

Member American Psychiatric Association, Washington Psychiatric Society.

Connections

Married Margaret O'Neill, September 22, 1979. Children: James Niall, Maura Christina, Sarah Margaret.

Father:

Frederic Price Cooper

Mother:

Ruth Lawrence (Stalder) Cooper

Spouse:

Margaret O'Neill

child:

Maura Christina Cooper

child:

James Niall Cooper

child:

Sarah Margaret Cooper