Dr. Tom Cooper, One of Cypress College’s Original Faculty, Passes Away
Tom Cooper, center, was a charter faculty member at Cypress College. Among his duties, Dr. Cooper served as the Student Activities Advisor for 20 years. He is seen in the center of this photograph (believed to be from the early to mid 1970s).
Our thoughts are with the family of Dr. Tom Cooper, who passed away yesterday morning, April 15, 2014. Dr. Cooper was a long time counselor here at Cypress College. After he retired he returned to the campus many times in a volunteer capacity, including as part of the Foundation committee responsible for selecting each year’s outstanding alumnus. Memorial services will be held on Monday April 21, 2014, at 5 p.m.
He was a charter faculty member of the college. As a member of that original group, Dr. Cooper set up the Chemistry Department and taught Chemistry, Biology, Math and Astronomy. In addition, he served as the Student Activities advisor for 20 years from the college’s opening through the 1980s. In 2001, he returned from retirement to again lead Student Activities for a semester on an interim basis.
Dr. Tom Cooper, a charter faculty member at Cypress College, as photographed at World Fest on April 27, 2005 when he served as the interim Student Activities advisor.
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