Background
Cooper, Robert James was born on December 27, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of William McKinley and Lucille Evelyn (Floyd) Cooper.
Cooper, Robert James was born on December 27, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of William McKinley and Lucille Evelyn (Floyd) Cooper.
Student, Ruskin College, Oxford, England, 1954-1955.
Assistant purchasing agent, Absorbant Cotton Company, St. Louis, 1960-1965; purchasing agent, Christian Hospital, St. Louis, 1965-1967; director purchasing, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, 1967-1986; purchasing consultant, St. Louis, since 1986. Lecturer in field; conductor seminars/workshops in field.
With United States Air Force, 1950-1954. Member National Association Purchasing Management, National Association Hospital Purchasing Management (president 1974-1976, fellow), Association Hospital Purchasing Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Greater St. Louis (president 1968).
Married Joan Kathleen Gray, November 20, 1932. Children: Bruce John, Anne Muriel.