EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Private, full-scholarship college founded 1859 by Peter Cooper.

Location:
Manhattan, NY

Founding Date:
1859

Enrollment:
900

Official Website:
http://www.cooper.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dave Berg	Cartoonist	12-Jun-1920	17-May-2002	The Lighter Side of...
G. W. Bitzer	Cinematographer	21-Apr-1872	29-Apr-1944	The Birth of a Nation
Kevin Burke	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Consolidated Edison
Margaret Deland	Author	23-Feb-1857	13-Jan-1945	Old Chester Tales
Jeffrey E. Epstein	Business	20-Jan-1953		Reclusive money manager
Thom Fitzgerald	Film Director	8-Jul-1968		The Hanging Garden
Chuck Hoberman	Inventor	1956		Creator of unfolding structures
Russell A. Hulse	Physicist	28-Nov-1950		Co-Discovered first binary pulsar
Evan Hunter	Novelist	15-Oct-1926	7-Jul-2005	The Blackboard Jungle
Bob Kane	Cartoonist	24-Oct-1915	3-Nov-1998	Co-creator of the original Batman comic
Lee Krasner	Painter	27-Oct-1908	19-Jun-1984	Abstract expressionist
Calvin Lockhart	Actor	18-Sep-1934	29-Mar-2007	Uptown Saturday Night
Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Sculptor	1-Mar-1848	3-Aug-1907	Leading 19th c. American sculptor
Martin Trust	Business	c. 1934		CEO of MAST Industries, 1970-2001
Joel-Peter Witkin	Photographer	13-Sep-1939		Photographer of the macabre

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Matthew Goldstein	Educator	c. 1941		Chancellor of CUNY
Garrett Mattingly	Historian	6-May-1900	18-Dec-1962	Renaissance Diplomacy
Arnold Newman	Photographer	3-Mar-1918	6-Jun-2006	Environmental portraitist
Daniel R. Raichel	Scientist	1935	22-Dec-2006	Acoustics expert

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eleanor Baum	Educator	c. 1939		Dean of Engineering, Cooper Union
George Campbell, Jr.	Educator	2-Dec-1945		President of the Cooper Union
Walter S. Gifford	Business	10-Jan-1885	7-May-1966	President of AT&T, 1925-48
Martin Trust	Business	c. 1934		CEO of MAST Industries, 1970-2001

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