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William Edward "Bill" Cooper (October 16, 1921 – March 6, 2008) was a prominent Dallas businessman and civic leader.〔(Dallas Morning News Obituary March 7, 2008 )〕 ==Biography== Born in Wichita, Kansas, Cooper worked nights at Beech Aircraft while also attending the Municipal University of Wichita (now Wichita State University). Cooper enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II and trained as a B-17 pilot. He became a B-29 co-pilot and served in Guam, flying transport for the prisoner of war missions and other cargo missions. He also flew as co-pilot to the Chief test pilot of the 315th Bomb Wing and as 1st pilot on all test hope of B-17 and C-45 types of military aircraft and had approximately 750 military flying hours. After being honorably discharged, May 1946, Cooper returned to college, and completed his economics degree in 1948. Cooper worked for a color printing company in Wichita and was transferred to Dallas in 1952. "Mr. Cooper's commission checks soon became bigger than his boss' salary," according to ''The Dallas Morning News''. In 1958, the chairman sent a registered letter ordering Mr. Cooper back to Kansas. 'I wrote him a registered letter and said "no,"' Cooper said, 'When you do that, that's it.'"〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William E. Cooper (civic leader)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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