Background
Cooper, William Edgar was born on April 23, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of William Edgar Senior and Elizabeth Mae Cooper.
Cooper, William Edgar was born on April 23, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of William Edgar Senior and Elizabeth Mae Cooper.
Bachelor in Psychology, University Richmond, 1966. Master of Science in Physiological Psychology, Kansas State University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Biology, Kansas State University, 1972.
Postdoctoral fellow in biomathematics North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1972-1974. Population ecologist Texas Instruments, Verplanck, New York, 1974-1975. From assistant professor to professor Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama, 1976-1991.
Professor biology Indiana U.-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, since 1991, chair department biology, 1991-1993.
Member American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (board governors 1998-2001), Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Societas Europeae Herpetologica, Animal Behavior Society, Herpetologists League (board directors since 2002), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Carolyn Taylor Fitchett. 1 child, Charles Austin. Married Donetta Lynn Hornsby, January 27, 1982.
Children: Anna Lynn Jones, Elizabeth Alexandra.