Background
Cooper, Robert Melvin was born on January 7, 1924 in Angels Camp, California, United States. Son of George Proctor and Cora Alice (Field) Cooper.
Cooper, Robert Melvin was born on January 7, 1924 in Angels Camp, California, United States. Son of George Proctor and Cora Alice (Field) Cooper.
Bachelor in Criminalistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1950; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1950-1952.
Criminalist, Oakland (California) Police Department, 1952-1963; criminalist, Alameda County Sheriff's Department, Oakland, 1963-1968; director crime laboratory, Alameda County Sheriff's Department, Oakland, 1968-1990; retired. Consultant in field, Lafayete, California, since 1965.
Served with United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Academy Forensic Sciences. Member California Association Criminalists (life, president 1964-1965), California Association Crime Laboratory Dirs.
(emeritus), American Society Crime Laboratory Dirs. (emeritus).
Married Lorraine Marjorie Brown, October 7, 1956.