Background
Cooley, Roger William was born on December 25, 1859 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Judge Ezekiel E. and Jennie M. (Rhodes) Cooley.
Cooley, Roger William was born on December 25, 1859 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Judge Ezekiel E. and Jennie M. (Rhodes) Cooley.
Bachelor of Letters, University of Michigan, 1882. Master of Laws, University of North Dakota, 1913.
1 son, John Booth. Admitted to Minnesota bar, 1884. Secretary commission to revise laws of Dakota, 1887. Associate editor Century Digest, 1896-1902.
Instructor in insurance, Saint Paul College of Law, and special lecturer law schools, university of Minnesota, Michigan, Chicago, 1906-1911.
Professor of law, University of North Dakota, 1911-1920. Professor of law. School of Jurisprudence American University, 1920-1922.
Professor of law, University of North Dakota, since 1923, acting dean, 1927-1928, dean, since 1929. Special legal adviser, Bureau War Risk Insurance (United States Veterans Bureau), 1918-1923.
Author: Briefs on the Law of Insurance (5 volumes), 1905.
Supplement to Briefs on the Law of Insurance (2 volumes), 1919, second edition (8 volumes), 1927. Home: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Married Eliza West. Booth, March 17, 1887.