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Kenneth Cooper as baby with sister Carolyn
Kenneth Cooper less than a year old, 1931
Kenneth Cooper as baby in highchair outside Oklahoma City home
Kenneth Cooper age 7 (front row, middle) with his mother’s Milliron family in Nashville in 1938
Cooper siblings: Carolyn age 12, Kenneth 9, Beverly 6 and David 3
Kenneth Cooper University of Oklahoma Track headshot, 1949
Kenneth Cooper, a senior, running track at Putnam City High School, Putnam City, OK in 1949
Kenneth Cooper running on a track scholarship for the University of Oklahoma, 1949
The University of Oklahoma Medical School Senior Class, Sooner Medic, 1956 (second row, third from left)
Dr. Kenneth Cooper (back row, far right), University of Washington Internship, July 1957
Dr. Kenneth Cooper flying to Noble, OK, in an H-13 to pick up his marriage license with an instructor beside him, August 1959
Dr. Kenneth Cooper U.S. Army Captin, Flight Surgeon, in Fort Sill, OK in 1959
Dr. and Mrs. Cooper’s wedding reception, August 7, 1959
Dr. Kenneth Cooper finishing the Boston Marathon, 1962
Dr. Cooper’s running shoes from his first Boston Marathon, 1962
The role of a flight surgeon, Brooks Air Force Base, TX January 1964
U.S. Air Force Medical Lab Clinical Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
U.S. Air Force members running the 12-minute test with Dr. Cooper timing
U.S. Air Force Wilford Hall Hospital, Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio, TX
Dr. Cooper leading an exercise class
Dr. Cooper, USAF in San Antonio, FitnessGram testing at a school
Dr. Kenneth Cooper pushing daughter, Berkley, in a stroller alongside Millie Cooper, San Antonio, TX, 1967
Tyler Cooper as a baby with Dr. Cooper at the beach in Hawaii
Brazilian World Cup Soccer Team 1970
Dr. Cooper’s speaking engagement in Rio de Janeiro with two attendees, 1970
Dr. Cooper with Claudio Coutinho and friends in Rio de Janiero
Dedicating Cooper Track in Brazil with Claudio Coutinho and Dr. Cooper
Dr. Cooper with Claudio Coutinho and the Mayor Brazilia, raising Brazilian and American flags, 1972
Dr. Cooper with Jim Key and Don Key on Mount Rainier, 1971
Dr. Cooper on Mount Rainier, 1972
Dr. Kenneth Cooper surveying construction progress of Aerobics Activity Center (now Cooper Fitness Center), 1972
U.S. Congressman Alan Steelman, Tyler Cup
Tyler Cup: Lou Neeb, Dr. Kenneth Cooper and Frank Shorter running the mile relay
Dr. Cooper running in the Tyler Cup
Dr. Cooper speaks to an aerobics class
Tyler and Dr. Cooper climbing in Switzerland
Dr. Cooper next to the Aerobics Research Institute and Cooper Clinic sign, 1980s
Entrance to Cooper Aerobics Center with Cooper Clinic building, 1980s
Fred Meyer, Dr. Kenneth Cooper and Joe McKinney with Tyler Cup trophy
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cooper on fitness floor at Cooper Fitness Center, 1982
Dr. Kenneth Cooper running in front of the original mansion, currently Cooper Fitness Center, 1980s
Top Row L-R: Dr. Mike Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, Jim Crawford, Ted Castenada, Philip Ndoo, Unidentified, Dr. Kenneth Cooper Middle Row, L-R: Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russell Pate, Perry Pittman, Gary Tuttle, Richard Pettigrew, Mike Manley Bottom Row, L-R: Unidentified, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Unidentified, Frank Shorter
Dr. Kenneth Cooper speaking through an interpreter at the Billy Graham Crusade in Rio de Janeiro on October 6, 1974
Dr. Cooper at Cooper Aerobics Center Dedication at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK, 1974
Dr. Cooper autographing his fourth book The Aerobics Way, 1977
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cooper with daughter, Berkley, and son, Tyler, Hawaii, 1976
Dr. Kenneth and Millie Cooper jogging with Berkley and Tyler at Cooper Aerobics Center, 1980s
Dr. & Mrs. Cooper with Pope John Paul, II at the Vatacan in Rome
The Cooper family: Tyler, Millie, Kenneth and Berkley, 1980s
Cooper family in Budapest, Hungary doing the Cooper Test
Tyler Cooper and Dr. Cooper in Machu Picchu, Peru
Dr. Cooper and his dog, Scarlett #3
Drs. Cooper inside Cooper Fitness Center
Dr. Cooper at a school conducting FitnessGram testing, 1991
Burning of the Cooper Aerobics Center mortage ceremony, presided over by Vonette Bright, October 2004
Millie Cooper, President George W. Bush and Dr. Cooper at Bethesda Naval Hospital
Former Pepsico CEO Steve Reinemund who invited Dr. Cooper to serve on their Health Advisory Council to remove trans fats from Frito-Lay snack line, 2002
Dr. & Mrs. Cooper in the Chipwan Jungle National Park in Nepal, October 2010
Dr. Kenneth and Millie Cooper stand in front of Dr. Cooper's photo in the "Wall of Icons" at the opening of The Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports, April 23, 2010
Dr. Kenneth Cooper Inducted into National Football Foundation Leadership Hall of Fame, 2015 - Ring Presentation by Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach
William “Cooper” Wu, Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Dr. Tyler Cooper and Dr. Weimo Wu
Dr. Kenneth and Dr. Tyler Cooper at Grand Opening of Cooper Aerobics China in Nanging, 2017
Drs. Tyler and Kenneth Cooper standing in front of Nanging Center, 2017
Cooper Aerobics Center in Nanging Grand Opening Walk, 2017
Dr. & Mrs. Cooper with Pastor Jack Graham, 2020
Drs. Cooper on S. Georgia Island with penguins
Dr. Cooper’s dogs Scarlett and Sophie
Dr. & Mrs. Cooper dancing at their 60th wedding anniversary party
Berkley Cooper Estes naming of Track Trianing Room at Baylor University, 2021
Dr. Kenneth Cooper family at documentary private screening, November 2023
The official unveiling of The Kenneth H. Cooper Institute at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Dallas, TX, November 2024