John Charles Cooper was born on April 3, 1933, in Charleston, South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina, B.A. cum laude in 1955; Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, B.D. cum laude in 1958; Lutheran School of Foreign Missions, certificate in 1959; Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, S.T.M. in 1960. He also has an M.A. 1964 and a Ph.D. 1966 from the University of Chicago. Cooper Married Clelia Ann Johnston on June 6, 1954. Cooper is an ordained minister of the Lutheran Church in America . He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, American Philosophical Association, MENSA, and Phi Beta Kappa . He has taught at Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania; Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina; Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky; and Winebrenner Theological Seminary, Findlay, Ohio. Cooper resided in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, where he was a professor of religion at Susquehanna University, until his death on January 6, 2000.
From the guide to the John C. Cooper Collection, 1955-1986, (Bowling Green State University - Browne Popular Culture Library)
