Background
Cooper, John Arnold was born on October 27, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Gage Whitman and Helen Dorothy (Danger) Cooper.
Cooper, John Arnold was born on October 27, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Gage Whitman and Helen Dorothy (Danger) Cooper.
Bachelor, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1939. Master of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1968.
Treasurer Cooper Supply Company, Detroit, 1941-1944, secretary, 1944-1956, president, 1956-1967. Vice president Texas Industries, Inc., Dallas, 1963-1967. President Cooper, Van Dyke Associates Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1970—2000.
Member Cooper, Van Dyke LLC, since 2000. President Transit Mixed Concrete Institute Metropolitan Detroit, 1952—1953, 1955—1977, Construction Association Michigan, 1967—1968. Associate professor finance Faculty Business Administration University Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1977—1983.
Class agent Williams College, 1989-1994. Chairman preservation fund drive TheCmty. House, Birmingham, Michigan, since 1995.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow Finance Analysts Federation. Member Michigan Trucking Association (member board govs.1958-1963), American Trucking Association (board directors 1961-1963), Institute Chartered Finance Analysts, Finance Analysts Society Detroit (president 1980-1981, chairman professional conduct/ethics committee since 1988), Association Investment Management and Research, Associated General Contractors Detroit, Williams Club New York, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Sylvia Grace, September 6, 1941 (divorced 1977). 1 child Maud Cooper Plumer. Married Virginia Bailey Svagr, March 11, 1977 (deceased 1981).
Married Anny Marion Van Dyke, April 9, 1983.