Jerrold Stephen Cooper

Background

Cooper, Jerrold Stephen was born on November 24, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Emanuel Cooper and Adele (Faberson) Smith.

Education

AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1963; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1968-1974; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1974-1979; professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1979; department chairman Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1983-1991; acting chairman Near Eastern Studies, 1992-1993; acting chairman classics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1988-1991. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1975, University of California, Berkeley, 1981, U. Padua, Italy, 1992, U. Rome, 1998.

Achievements

• Jerrold Stephen Cooper has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Sumerian and Akkadian Royal Inscriptions Presargonic Inscriptions

    (This is the first volume in a projected sub-series, Sumer...)

Membership

Member American Oriental Society (director 1982-1985), American Schools of Oriental Research (trustee 1987-1997).

Interests

• Avocations: early music.

Connections

Married Elaine Abrams, December 22, 1962 (divorced 1969). Children: Nina Lynn, Sari Jean. Married Carol MansonBier, November 18, 1982.

1 child, Jenny Alexandra.

Father:

Emanuel Cooper Smith

Mother:

Adele (Faberson) Smith

Spouse:

Carol MansonBier

Spouse:

Elaine Abrams

child:

Nina Lynn Cooper

child:

Sari Jean Cooper

child:

Jenny Alexandra Cooper