”Cooper, John Ralph, prof. hort., Univ. Ark., Fayetteville, Ark. Asst. hort., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1912; asst. prof. hort., Univ. Neb., 1912-6; assoc. prof., 1916-8; present position, 1918—. b. Washington, Ia., Apr. 18, 1883; s. Joseph and Laura Annis (Morgan) C.; reared on farm; m. Lillian Leonora Ware, June 15, 1913. B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1912; M.S., Univ. Neb., 1917. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta; Pi Kappa Alpha.”

Source:  Rus: Rural Uplook Service, Vol. 1, by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Published at Ithaca, New York, November, 1918, pages 67-8