Background
Cooper, Max Dale was born on August 31, 1933 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ottis Noah and Lily (Carpenter) Cooper.
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Max Dale Cooper
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Education
Student, Holmes Junior College, 1951-1952; student, University Mississippi, 1952-1954; postgraduate, U. Mississippi Medical School, 1954-1955; Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1957.
Career
Intern, Saginaw (Michigan) General Hospital, 1957-1958;
resident department pediatrics, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, 1958-1960;
house officer, Hospital for Sick Children, London, 1960;
research assistant department neurophysiology, Hospital for Sick Children, London, 1961;
allergy fellow department pediatrics, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1961-1962;
instructor, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, 1962-1963;
medical fellow specialist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963-1964;
instructor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1964-1966;
assistant professor department pediatrics, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1967-1971;
associate professor department microbiology, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1967-1971;
director research Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1968-1970;
professor department microbiology, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1971;
director Cell. Identification Laboratory, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1987-1990;
director Center Interdisciplinary Research in Immunological Diseases, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1987-1995;
director Division Development/Clinical Immunology, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1987;
professor department medicine, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1987;
investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1988. Senior scientist Comprehensive Cancer Center U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1971, Multipurpose Arthritis Center, since 1979, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, since 1981;director Cellular Immunobiology Unit of Tumor Institute U. Alabama, Birmingham,1976-1987.
Visiting scientist tumor immunology unit department zoology, U. College London, 1973-1974, Institute D'Embryologie, Nogent-Sur-Marne and Institute Pasteur, Paris, 1984-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Faculty research associate American Cancer Society, 1966-1971. Member board science advisorsSt. Jude Hospital, Memphis, 1981-1984, 91-, Becton-Dickinson Monoclonal Antibody Center, 1980-1990. Member medical advising committee Immune Deficiency Foundation, 1981-1999.
Member board science counselors National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982-1986, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1978-1982, 90-95, Institute Merieux, Lyons, France, 1985-1990, Medical Biology Institute, La Jolla, California, 1986. Member international science advisory board Basel (Switzerland) Institute Immunology, 1987-1991. National Institutes of Health Immunobiology Study Section, 1974-1978.
Trustee Leukemia Society American, 1983-1988. Member NAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Association Immunologists (president 1988-1989, councilor 1983-1986, chairman member committee 1974-1977), American Society Experimental Pathology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Association Cancer Research, American Academy Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, Federation American Scientists, Medical Association State Alabama, International Society Development and Comparative Immunology, Society Francaise d'Immunologie (life Membre d'Honneur), Society Pediatric Research (vice president 1978), Southern Society Pediatric Research (president 1975), Center Society Clinical Research, Jefferson County Medical Association, Clinical Immunology Society, American Academy Sciences, Institute Medicine, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Mucosal Immunology, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Rosalie Lazzara, February 6, 1960. Children: Owen Bernard, Melinda Lee Cooper Holladay, Michael Kane, Christopher Byron.
