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Show susc receives Lawrence C. Cooper portrait A color portrait of the late Laurence C. Cooper will be displayed in the foyer of the Southern Utah State College Science Building. Professor Cooper, an associate professor of geology, taught at SUSC for 19 years. He was killed during the summer of 1977 in an automobile accident near Vernal. "We think it is especially appropriate that this portrait por-trait hang as a part of this tremendous geology display here in the Science Building; Laurence was a man who truly loved the outdoors, and he was instrumental in building our geology program here," Royden C. Braithwaite, SUSC president, said at private presentation ceremonies. Similar portraits of two other men who had a big impact in the development of SUSC's academic program and campus beauty also hang in the Science Building lobby. Those portraits are of Parley Dalley, who taught in the physical sciences for many years at SUSC, and Will r'lanigan, who began the groves of trees which distinguish the SUSC campus. The Cooper portrait was a gift of H. Arvene and Maurice Cooper, a brother and sister-in-law, and Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Dalley. Mrs. Dalley (Daphne) is a daughter of Laurence Cooper. Mr. Cooper's widow, Inez, who serves as special collections librarian at SUSC, and other family members also attended presentation ceremonies. The Coopers are parents of three daughters and three sons, Mrs. Daphne Dalley, Cedar City; Mrs. Necia Adams, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ruth Hair, Los Angeles; Hal, Oracle, Arizona; David, St. Goerge; and Howard, Dubuque, Iowa. |