William Eugene Cooper

Background

Cooper, William Eugene was born on January 11, 1924 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Hall and Ruth E. (Dunn) Cooper.

Education

Student, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1943. Bachelor of Science, Oregon State College, 1947. Master of Science, Oregon State College, 1948.

Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1951.

Career

Instructor, Purdue University, 1948-1952; construction engineering, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, General Electric, 1952-1963; engineering manager, Lessells and Associates, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1963-1968; senior vice president, technical director, Teledyne Materials Research, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1976; construction engineering, Teledyne Engineering Superior vena cava syndrome, Woburn, 1976-1994; staff consultant, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Marion, Massachusetts, 1994-1995.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary, B.F. Langer Nuclear Codes and Standards award 1978, honorary member boiler and pressure vessel committee 1980, vice president codes and standards and member executive committee of council 1980-1981, senior vice president codes and standards 1981-1984, Pressure Vessel and Piping medal 1983, codes and standards medal 1986), National Academy of Engineering, Society Experimental Mechanics (Murray lecturer 1977), American National Standards Institute (director 1981-1984), Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married Louise I. Ferguson, June 23, 1946. Children: Margaret, Glenn, Keith, Joyce, Carol.

Father:

William Hall Cooper

Mother:

Ruth E. (Dunn) Cooper

Spouse:

Louise I. Ferguson

child:

Carol Cooper

child:

Glenn Cooper

child:

Margaret Cooper

child:

Joyce Cooper

child:

Keith Cooper