Background
Cooper, Paul was born on May 21, 1934 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederick and Katherine Lena (Sixt) Cooper.
research director mechanical engineer
Cooper, Paul was born on May 21, 1934 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederick and Katherine Lena (Sixt) Cooper.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Drexel U., 1957; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Case Western Reserve U., 1972.
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1957-1959; instructor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1968, 72; fluids engineering specialist, TRW Inc., Cleveland, 1959-1977; researcher, senior staff, Ingersoll-Rand Research, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1977-1985; director hydraulic technical, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 1986-1987; director Research and Development Pump Group, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 1987-1992; director advanced technical, Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Company, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, since 1992. Member of advisory board International Pump Symposium, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., since 1983. Board dirs.R&D Council New Jersey, 1987-1992.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Executive Committee fluids engineering division 1982-1987, fluid machinery design award 1992, Henry R. Worthington medal 1993, Robert Henry Thurston lecturer 1995). Member Sigma Xi (associate), Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Therese Adams, April 11,1959. Children: Margaret Mary, Gregory, Timothy Richard, Peter Dunstan.