Cooper Union

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Cooper Union

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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