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About James L. Cooper
Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of Wooster, and
M.A. and Ph.D. recipient in American history from the
University of Wisconsin, Cooper taught history at
Oakland and DePauw Universities for 40 years.
Reviewer of more than 100 books, mostly concerning the
history of science and technology, material culture, and
historic preservation.
Speaker, commentator, and chair at a number of national
professional conferences, numerous chapters of national
engineering organizations in the Midwest, and dozens of
historical, genealogical, and preservation societies and
other community groups in Indiana and neighboring states
on historic bridge topics.
Appearances on half a dozen programs taped for
television and broadcast largely in Indiana.
Consultant to the Indiana Division of Historic
Preservation and Archaeology, Historic Landmarks
Foundation of Indiana, and the Historic American
Engineering Record (National Parks Service).
Invited participant in several workshops on historic
bridge preservation variously sponsored by Federal
Highway Administration, National Trust for Historic
Preservation, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation,
and National Park Service.
Member of the Historic Bridge Alliance and of the Board
of Directors of the Historic Bridge
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