Background
Copeland, Randolph Leigh was born on July 8, 1949 in Dodge City, Kansas, United States. Son of Everett Leigh Copeland and Marcia Marie Unruh.
Copeland, Randolph Leigh was born on July 8, 1949 in Dodge City, Kansas, United States. Son of Everett Leigh Copeland and Marcia Marie Unruh.
Bachelor, Sterling (Kansas) College, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1975.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1973; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1992; staff orthopedic surgery, United States of America MEDDAC, Nurnberg, Germany, 1980-1981; chief orthopedic service, United States of America MEDDAC, Nurnberg, Germany, 1981-1983; fellowship in pediatrics, Scottish Rite Hospital, Atlanta, 1983-1984; chief orthopedic service, Gorgas Hospital, Panama, 1984-1986; pediatric orthopedist, William Beaumont Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, 1986-1995; chief orthopedic service, William Beaumont Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, since 1995; residency program director, William Beaumont Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, since 1996.
Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, El Paso, since 1988, Order of the Arrow advisor, since 1991. Member American College of Surgeons (state faculty member Advanced Trauma Life Support since 1987), Michael Hoke Society, Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons (secretary since 1993), Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America.
Married Maria D.Copeland, June 23, 1973. Children: Everett, Teresa, Johannes, James.