The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 579

PAUL B. COOPER, M. D.

Dr. Paul B. Cooper, actively identified with medical practice in Yakima, was
born in McMinnville, Oregon, December 11, 1880, a son of J. Calvin and M.
Paralee Cooper, who in 1864 became residents of Oregon, casting in their lot
with the pioneer settlers of that state. The father is a civil engineer and for
many years practiced his profession but is now active in connection with the
walnut industry of Oregon. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary on the 12th of May, 1918. Mr. Cooper is prominent in political
circles as a supporter of the republican party and in fact has had much to do
with the upbuilding, development and progress of his adopted state.

Dr. Cooper, in the pursuit of his education, completed a course in Pullman
College and was graduated from the Washington College of Pharmacy with the
class of 1902. He then determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work
and with that end in view became a student in the medical department of
Northwestern University of Chicago, where he won his professional degree as a
member of the class of 1908. He had experience as interne in the Columbus
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and in the Rotunda Hospital of Dublin, Ireland.
I-le also further studied in the University Hospital at Vienna, Austria. The
year 1909 witnessed his arrival in Yakima, Washington, where he has since
engaged in practice.

In 1913 Dr. Cooper was married to Maude Hobbs Braly, of Eugene, Oregon, and they
have one child, Margaret. Dr. Cooper belongs to Phi Beta Pi and is a well known
Mason, having membership in Yakima Lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M., the consistory and
in Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine. I-le is also connected with the Elks and
his club membership is in the Country Club and the Commercial Club. His
political views are in accord with the principles of the republican party, which
he has always staunchly supported since reaching his majority. His religious
faith is that of the Presbyterian church.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.