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DR. EARNEST C. COOPER
AUGUST
DISEASES OF THE CHEST
1939
DR. EARNEST C. COOPER State Park, South Carolina
1877-1939
pARLY on the morning of May 6, 1939, after an extended illness, Dr. Earnest C. Cooper, Superintendent of the South Carolina State Sanatorium, passed away. Dr. Cooper was born January 29, 1877, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. In 1895 his family moved to Columbia, S. C., where he practiced general medicine for five years—from 1910 to 1915. After graduating from John Hopkins Medical School, Dr. Cooper married Miss Mary Gibson of Baltimore in 1913, who, together with three children, survives him. Many honors came Dr. Cooper's way: In 1915 he was appointed Superintendent of the South Carolina Sanatorium; in 1925 he was made First Vice-President of the State Tuberculosis Association, which office he held until 1938, when he 28
was made an Honorary Vice-President; in 1929 he was elected for a two year term on the Boar of Directors of the National Tuberculosis Association; in 1933 the Earnest Cooper Community Building was dedicated to him; and in 1938 was awarded the Algernon Sidney Sullivan ^ dallion for unselfish service by the University South Carolina. the Dr. Cooper was a member of the A. M- j^ American College of Chest Physicians, the ^ Carolina Medical Association, and the Co < Medical Society. blow We. The death of Dr. Cooper comes as a who have been making the fight agams culosis, have lost a valuable ally. We an, ever, proud that it was our good fo1? ^ sociate and work with such a capao e spiring comrade.
DISEASES OF THE CHEST
1939
DR. EARNEST C. COOPER State Park, South Carolina
1877-1939
pARLY on the morning of May 6, 1939, after an extended illness, Dr. Earnest C. Cooper, Superintendent of the South Carolina State Sanatorium, passed away. Dr. Cooper was born January 29, 1877, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. In 1895 his family moved to Columbia, S. C., where he practiced general medicine for five years—from 1910 to 1915. After graduating from John Hopkins Medical School, Dr. Cooper married Miss Mary Gibson of Baltimore in 1913, who, together with three children, survives him. Many honors came Dr. Cooper's way: In 1915 he was appointed Superintendent of the South Carolina Sanatorium; in 1925 he was made First Vice-President of the State Tuberculosis Association, which office he held until 1938, when he 28
was made an Honorary Vice-President; in 1929 he was elected for a two year term on the Boar of Directors of the National Tuberculosis Association; in 1933 the Earnest Cooper Community Building was dedicated to him; and in 1938 was awarded the Algernon Sidney Sullivan ^ dallion for unselfish service by the University South Carolina. the Dr. Cooper was a member of the A. M- j^ American College of Chest Physicians, the ^ Carolina Medical Association, and the Co < Medical Society. blow We. The death of Dr. Cooper comes as a who have been making the fight agams culosis, have lost a valuable ally. We an, ever, proud that it was our good fo1? ^ sociate and work with such a capao e spiring comrade.