Rory A. Cooper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rory A. Cooper
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Nov 9, 1959(1959-11-09)
Age	65
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Rory A. Cooper Biography

Rory A. Cooper is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on November 9, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Cooper was made an Eagle Scout in December 1972 by Boy Scouts of America. Cooper was featured in Eagles’ Call magazine’s Winter 2019 issue.

Cooper earned a B.S. Cooper received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1985 from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and an electrical engineering M.Eng in 1986 from Cal Poly. He was awarded the University of California at Santa Barbara Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering in 1989.

From 1989 to 1994, Cooper was an assistant professor in Bioengineering at Sacramento State University. In 1994, Cooper became an Associate Professor at the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh (obtaining full professorship in 1998). Also in 1994, he founded the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, which includes the VA Center for Wheelchairs and Associated Rehabilitation Engineering. He served as Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2018.

Cooper was on the steering committee for the 1996 Paralympic Scientific Congress held in Atlanta, GA, and was the Sports Scientist for the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team in Beijing, China. He also received the 2013 International Paralympic Scientific Achievement Award. He volunteered his expertise as a member of the US Paralympic staff in 1992, 1996, and 2008.

Cooper competed in the National Veterans Wheelchair Game from 1983 to 1983, winning more than 200 medals in various sports, including slalom and track, swimming, table tennis, hand-cycle, and swimming.

Rory A. Cooper Net Worth

Rory A. Cooper is one of the richest Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rory A. Cooper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cooper enlisted in 1976 in the United States Army and was assigned to 32nd Air Defense Artillery Command with U.S. Army Europe, 3rd Ordnance Battalion. He was later attached to USAREUR’s 5th Signal Command and U.S. Military Community Activity Worms 21st Support Command.

He was stationed in Germany, 1980. He was riding his bicycle when he was struck by a bus. He was paralysed from the waist down as a result.

At the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, Cooper received a Bronze Medal in the 4×400-meter wheelchair relay.

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Cooper has been a National Academies of Sciences Distinctive Voices Lecturer, ACC Distinguished Lecturer, Smithsonian Institution ADA 25th Anniversary Festival Speaker, Young Lecturer at the Royal Military College of Canada, and inaugural AAAS-Lemelson Foundation Invention Ambassador. He has also been elected to Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi honorary societies. Cooper is a former President of RESNA, and a member of the IEEE-EMBS Medical Device Standards Committee. Additionally, he has been a member of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – Medicare Advisory Committee, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Prosthetics and Special Disability Programs Advisory Committee, Chair of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, U.S. Department of Defense Health Board Subcommittee on Amputation and Orthopedics, Board of Directors of Easter Seals, National Academy of Medicine Committee on Assistive Products and Devices, and National Academy of Sciences Keck Foundation Initiative on Human Health Span Steering Committee.

Facts & Trivia

Rory Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rory A. Cooper celebrates birthday on November 9 of every year.

In 2014, Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh appointed Cooper a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army.