Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cooper, 97, became the first Black tenured professor at the nation’s oldest medical school, the University of Pennsylvania School ...

The many accomplishments over Cooper’s pioneering career include cofounding and codirecting a stroke research center at Pennsylvania General Hospital, earning the first tenured professorship for a ...

Soon after his 97th birthday, Dr. Edward Cooper sat down and began writing. The focus was his career, particularly his work with the American Heart Association. Once typed and printed, his thoughts ...