John N. Cooper, 1993
2007
Professor of Chemistry, Retired
Bucknell University
FAX: 570-577-1739
e-mail: jcooper@bucknell.edu
John N. Cooper was educated at the California Institute of Technology
and the University of California,
He published 35 papers in the fields of chemical education and inorganic kinetics and structure, based on research supported largely by the Petroleum Research Fund. His principal interests were in the structure of cobalt(III) complexes and the kinetics of ligand substitution and inorganic substrates' oxidation-reduction reactions.
He took a leave from Bucknell, 1971-2, to
study with Gilbert Haight at the University of Illinois, and took three
sabbaticals: at the Argonne National Labs, with James Sullivan (1975-6); at the
University of Cincinnati, with Richard C. Elder (1983-4); and at Purdue
University, with Dale W. Margerum (1992-3). Other collaborators include Margaret E. Kastner,
of
He received Bucknell's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1988, and consulted for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, Environmental Crimes Section (2000-01).
He retired from active teaching, June, 2003.
He began contributing writings to the Axis of Logic (http://www.axisoflogic.com) in January 2004 and was a columnist for that site from August, 2004, through 2006. In 2005 and again in 2006, he received the Thomas Paine Award from the Central Susquehanna Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union for Citizen Journalism; in 2007 he was given the Peacemaker Award by the local Center for Nonviolent Living.
Between 2005-2006, wrote seven fanciful short essays collected as Reports to the Mothership purporting to be reports of an alien observer on humanity's impact on planet Earth and the Solar System.
VITA
NAME: John Neale Cooper
TITLE: Professor of Chemistry, Retired
BIRTHDATE: 1938
EDUCATION: B.S.(Honors), Chemistry, California Institute of
Technology, 1960.
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1964.
Advisor: R.E.Powell
Thesis: "The Protolysis of the Tetraphenylborate Ion and Reactions of
Aqueous Nitric Oxide"
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1964-1966 Makerere University College,
1966-1967 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Visiting Assistant
Professor.
1967-1974 (on leave 1971-1972) Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania,
Assistant Professor.
1971-1972 University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, Visiting Assistant Professor.
1974-1983 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Associate Professor.
1975-1976 (Sabbatical) Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, Faculty
Research Participant.
1978, Summer University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, NSF Small College
Faculty Research Participant.
1983-2003 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Professor.
1983-1984 (Sabbatical) University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Visiting
Scholar.
1984 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, NSF Small College Faculty
Research Participant.
1992-1993(Sabbatical) Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Visiting
Professor of Chemistry.
1993 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, NSF Research Opportunity Award
Participant.
2000-1 Consultant, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General,
Environmental Crimes Section.
2003, June Retired.
2004 - 6 Contributing Writer, Columnist: Axis of Logic
SOCIETIES:
Sigma Xi
Tau
Beta Pi
RESEARCH GRANTS:
Research Corporation, F.G.Cottrell Grant, 1969-1970, $3,000.
Petroleum Research Fund:
5183 B3, 1970-1972, $10,800.
6522 B3, 1972-1974, $10,900.
10643 B3, 1978-1980, $13,000.
12355 B3, 1980-1982, $13,000.
18623 B3, 1987-1989, $20,000.
22198 B3-C, 1989-1991 $20,000.
INSTRUMENTATION GRANT:
National Science Foundation: CSIP-8650293, with M.E.Kastner, 1985-1986,
$21,054. Precession camera.
FELLOWSHIPS:
HONORS:
Lindback Teaching Award,
Thomas Paine Award, Citizen Journalism, 2005, “Remove Consent”; 2006, "Legally Human", "Propaganda" - Central Susquehanna Chapter,
ACLU.
REVIEWING:
Royal Society of Chemistry, principally Dalton Transactions, 1987-2000; Journal
of Chemical Education;
Prentice-Hall, and W. H. Freeman.
CONSULTING:
Environmental Crimes Section, Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General, 2000-2001.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Chemistry for Non-Scientists
Introductory Analytical
Physical Chemistry I (Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry and Kinetics)
Environmental Chemistry
PUBLICATIONS
REPORTS to the MOTHERSHIP:
1. Cooper, J. N. "Report to the Mothership" 26 Jun. 2005
2. Cooper, J. N. "On Religion" 27 Jun. 2005
3. Cooper, J. N. "Wealth and Well-being" 13 Jul. 2005
4. Cooper, J. N. "On Justice" 3 Aug. 2005
5. Cooper, J. N. "Dysfunctional Cerebration" 18 Mar. 2006
6. Cooper, J. N. "Faith and Knowledge" 18 Mar. 2006
7. Cooper, J. N. "S. Hawking" 11 Jun. 2006
AXIS of LOGIC:
1. Cooper, J. N. "SUVing
SUVing
America (PDF)
2. Cooper, J. N. "Bin Laden, Laughing" 12
Jan. 2004
Bin
Laden, Laughing (PDF)
3. Cooper, J. N. "Burial Sight"
Burial Site (PDF)
4. Cooper, J. N. "Facing Mars"
Facing Mars (PDF)
5. Cooper, J. N. "How We Choose: Want vs
Need"
How We Choose (PDF)
6. Cooper, J. N. "Whither Empathy and
Compassion"
Empathy and Compassion (PDF)
7. Cooper, J. N. "I Do Not Understand"
I Don't Understand (PDF)
8. Cooper, J. N. "On Becoming Fascist"
On Becoming Fascist (PDF)
9. Cooper, J. N. Book Review of "Unequal
Protection: the rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights"
Unequal Protection (PDF)
10. Cooper, J.N. Book Review of "The New Pearl
Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11"
New Pearl Harbor (PDF)
11. Cooper, J.N. "Interests: Self and
Ohers'"
Interests: Self and Others (PDF)
12. Cooper, J.N. "Abuse of Words, Words of
Abuse"
Word Abuse (PDF)
13. Cooper, J.N. "On Getting It"
On Getting It (PDF)
14. Cooper, J.N. "Anticipating Bush's
Legacy"
Bush's Legacy (PDF)
15. Cooper, J. N. "What Games We Play"
Games We Play (PDF)
16. Cooper, J. N. "Viewing Fahrenheit 9/11"
Fahrenheit 9/11 (PDF)
17. Cooper, J. N. "Tribal Thinking"
Tribal Thinking (PDF)
18. Cooper, J. N. "Reason, Persuasion and
Decisions"
Reason Persuasion Decisions (PDF)
19. Cooper, J.N. "On Patriotism"
Patriotism (PDF)
20. Cooper, J. N. "Review of Fear's Empire: War
Terrorism and Democracy"
Fear's Empire (PDF)
21. Cooper, J. N. "John N. Cooper's review of
Garrison Keillor's 'Homegrown Democrat'"
Homegrown Democrat (PDF)
22. Cooper, J. N. "The United State of
Denial"
United State of Denial (PDF)
reprinted
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=5565&s2=13
23. Cooper, J. N. "Trouble is ... "
Trouble Is (PDF)
24. Cooper, J. N. "Our Entertocracy"
Our Entertocracy (PDF)
25. Cooper, J. N. "What would You do?"
What Would You Do (PDF)
26. Cooper, J. N. Book Review of George Lakoff's
"don't think about an elephant"
G L's Elephant (PDF)
27. Cooper, J. N. "Just Imagine"
Just Imagine (PDF)
28. Cooper, J. N. "Benjamin R. Barber's ‘Jihad
vs. McWorld'"
Jihad vs McWorld (PDF)
29. Cooper, J.
N. "Healthcare for Profit. Something is Rotten in the
30. Cooper, J.
N. "
31. Cooper, J.
N. "The Vigil" 6 Dec 2004
32. Cooper, J.
N. "Narcissistic Roots of Fascism" 31 Dec 2004
33. Cooper, J. N. "High Noon for Natural Gas" 11 Jan 2005
34. Cooper, J.
N. "The Vigil II" 16 Jan 2005
35. Cooper, J. N. "The
United State of
36. Cooper, J.
N. "Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update" 13 Feb 2005
37. Cooper, J.
N. "God Bless
38. Cooper, J.
N. "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed"
2 Mar 2005
39. Cooper, J.
N. "God Bless
40. Cooper, J.
N. "Report to the Mothership" 8 Apr 2005
41. Cooper, J.
N. "What Profiteth It a Nation .." 5 Jun 2005
42. Cooper, J.
N. "Interdependence Day" 3 July 2005
43. Cooper, J.
N. "On Justice" 3 Aug 2005
44. Cooper, J. N. "On Economics" 19 Aug 2005
45. Cooper, J. N. "The Dysfunctional States of
46. Cooper, J.N. "Reason, Knowledge, Belief and
Faith" 10 Oct 2005
47. Cooper, J. N. "Democracy:
America's Failed Experiment" 21 Feb 2006
48. Cooper, J.
N. "The Long Emergency - James Howard Kunstler" 20 Apr 2006
49. Cooper, J.
N. "the Power of Community : How
50. Cooper, J.
N. "Colonizing the Solar System" 15 Jun 2006
51. Cooper, J.
N. "Understanding Defensiveness" 8 Jul 2006
Understanding Defensiveness (PDF)
52. Cooper, J.
N. "Islamo-Fascism" 14 Aug 2006
53. Cooper, J.
N. "The House of War" 19 Oct 2006
CHEMISTRY
1. Cooper, J. N.; Marsh, R. E.;
"On the Structure of AgClO2", Acta Cryst,, 1961, 14, 202.
2. Cooper, J. N.; Powell, R. E.;
"On the Purported Tetraphenylboric Acid", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1963,
85, 1950.
3. Cooper, J. N.; Ramette, R. W.;
"The Oxidation of Hydrazine by Basic Iodine Solutions", J. Chem.
Educ., 1969, 46, 872.
4. Cooper, J. N.;
"The Oxidation of Hypophosphorous Acid by Cr(VI)", J. Phys. Chem.,
1970, 74, 955.
5. Cooper, J. N.; Chilton, J. E.; Powell, R. E.;
"Reaction of Nitric Oxide with Alkaline Hydroxylamine", Inorg. Chem.,
1970, 9, 2303.
6. Cooper, J. N.; Hoyt*, H. L.; Buffington*, C. W.;
Holmes, C. A.;
"The Oxidation of Hypophosphorous Acid by V(V)", J. Phys. Chem.,
1971, 75, 891.
7. Cooper, J. N.;
"Solubility of Lead Bromide in Nitrate Media", J. Chem. Educ., 1972, 49,
282.
8. Brown*, S. L.; Cooper, J. N.,
"Preparation and Characterization of Phosphito-Chromium(III)",
Inorg.Chem., 1972, 11, 1154.
9. Cooper, J. N.; Staudt*, G. E.; Smalser*, M. L.;
Settzo*, L. M.; Haight, G. P.;
"Ligand Capture in Reactions of Cr(VI)", Inorg. Chem., 1973, 12,
2075.
10. Scott*, R. A.; Haight, G. P.; Cooper, J. N.;
"Proton Assisted Two-Electron Transfer from Hydroxylammonium Ion to Cr(VI)
Through Oxygen Bridges", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 4136.
11. Cooper, J. N.; Woods, M.; Sullivan, J.; Deutsch,
E.;
"Kinetics of the Oxidation of Se(IV) by Np(VII) in Aqueous Acidic
Perchlorate Media", Inorg. Chem., 1976, 15, 2862.
12. Cooper, J. N.; Reents*, W.; Woods, M.; Sjoblom,
R.; Sullivan, J.;
"Kinetics Study of the Reduction of Np(VI) and Pu(VI) by Iodide Ion in
Aqueous Perchlorate Media", Inorg. Chem., 1977, 16, 2267.
13. Cooper, J. N.; Woods, M.; Sjoblom, R.; Sullivan,
J.;
"Kinetic Study of the Reduction of Np(VII) and Am(VI) by Bromide Ion in
Aqueous Perchlorate Media", Inorg. Chem., 1977, 16, 2267.
14. Cooper, J. N.; Woods, M.; Sjoblom, R.; Sullivan,
J.;
"The Oxidation of Am(V) and Other Reductants by Aqueous Acidic
Np(VII)", J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1978, 40, 659.
15. King*, S. E.; Cooper, J. N.; Crawford*, R. D.;
"Oxidation of Hydrazine by Iodine in Aqueous Perchloric Acid", Inorg.
Chem., 1978, 17, 3306.
16. Shamay*, J. A.; Cooper, J. N.; Barto*, R. J.;
"On the Purported [Coen2S2O3Cl] and [Coen2S2O3]Br", J. Inorg. Nucl.
Chem., 1979, 41, 121.
17. Cooper, J. N.; McCoy*, J. D.; Katz*, M. G.;
Deutsch, E.;
"Trans Effect in Octahedral Complexes 4 Kinetic Trans Effect Induced by
the S-Bonded Thiosulfato Ligand in Bis(Ethylenediamine)cobalt(III)
Complexes", Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 2265-2271.
18. Cooper, J. N.; "The Protolysis of
[Coen2(O2CO)]+", J. Chem. Educ., 1980, 57, 823-824.
19. Mittleman*, J. P.; Cooper, J. N.; and Deutsch, E. A.;
"Coordination Stabilization of Reactive Molecules: Preparation of
trans[(en)2Co(OH2)(S3O3)]+, a Cobalt(III) Complex Containing Disulphane
Monosulphonate, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm., 1980, 733-734.
20. Cooper, J. N.; Buck*, D. S.; Katz*, M. G.;
Deutsch, E. A.;
"Preparation and Characterization of [(en)2Co(S2O3)]+, a Cobalt(III)
Complex Containing Chelated O,S-Thiosulfate", Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19,
3856-58.
21. Cooper, J. N.; Pennell*, C. A.; Johnson*, B. C.;
"cis and trans-[(en)2Co(NO2)(C2O4)], Cobalt(III) Complexes Containing a
Monodentate Oxalato Ligand", Inorg. Chem., 1983, 22, 1956-58.
22. Cooper, J. N.; Bentsen*, J. G.; Handel*, T. M.;
Strohmaier*, K. M.; Porter*, W. A.; Johnson*, B. C.; Carr*, A. M.; Farnath*, D.
A.; Appleton*, S.L.;
"trans[(en)2Co(Cl)(S2O3)], Natrans[(en)2Co(C2O4)-(S2O3)],
trans-[(en)2Co(NCO)(S2O3)] and the Nature of [(en)2Co(OH2)-(S2O3)]+ in Aqueous
Solution", Inorg. Chem., 1983, 22, 3060-65.
23. Elder, R. C.; Ludwig, K.; Cooper, J. N.; Eidsness,
M. K.;
"EXAFS and WAXS Structure Determination for an Antiarthritic Drug, Sodium
Gold(I) Thiomalate", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 5024-5.
24. Murdock*, A. M.; Tyree*, T.; Otterbein*, W.;
Kinney*, L.; Carreras*, M.; Cooper, J. N.; Elder, R. C.;
"Complexes of Thiosulfate and Disulfanemonosulfonate with
cis-Bis(ethylenediamine)-Co(III)", Inorg. Chem., 1985, 24, 3674.
25. Wilcox, B. E.; Cooper, J. N.; Elder, R. C.;
Deutsch, E. A.;
"A Technetium(V) Complex Resulting from Intramolecular Ring Closure of a
Tridentate Schiff Base Ligand. X-Ray Crystal Structure of
Chloro-bis-(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benzothiazolato)oxotechnetium(V)",Inorg.
Chim. Acta, 1988, 142, 55.
26. Kastner, M. E.; Smith, D. A.; Kuzmission*, A. G.;
Cooper, J. N.; Tyree*, T.; Yearick*, M.;
"Structural Trans Effects in Some Bis-(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III)
Complexes", Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1989, 158, 185.
27. Jackson, W. G.; Kuzmission*, A. G.; Cooper, J. N.;
Henry*, J. C.;
"Synthesis, Kinetics and Stereochemistry of the Aquation of
cis-[Chlorosulfitobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III)]", Inorg. Chem., 1989,
28, 1553.
28. Cooper, J. N.; Smith, D. A.; Kastner, M. E.;
"The Space Group of cis-Bis(ethylenediamine)bis(azido)cobalt(III) Nitrate.
An Undergraduate Physical-Inorganic Experiment", J. Chem. Educ., 1989, 66,
966.
29. Tang, K.; Kastner, M. E.; Cooper, J. N.;
Kanaskie*, M.; Monoski*, A.
"Structures of Cis- and Trans-Bis(ethylenediamine)isothiocyanatothiosulfatocobalt
(III)", Acta. Cryst, C., 1993, 49, 1265.
30. Cooper, J. N.; Margerum, D. W.
"Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Hydroxylamine by Aqueous
Chlorine", Inorg. Chem., 1993, 32, 5905.
31. Beckwith, R. C.; Cooper, J. N. and Margerum, D. W.
"Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Hydroxylamine by Aqueous
Bromine", Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 5144.
32. Wang, T. X.; Kelley, M. D.; Cooper, J. N.;
Beckwith, R. C. and Margerum, D. W.
"Equilibrium, Kinetic and UV-Spectral Characteristics of Aqueous Bromine
Chloride, Bromine and Chlorine Species", Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 5872.
33. Cooper, J. N.
"Open Letter to a Burned-out Teacher" J. Chem. Educ., 1994, 71, 1098.
34. Cooper, J. N.
"Review: Modern Liquid Phase Kinetics by B. G. Cox" The Chemical Educator,
1998, 3, 5242-4.
http://journals.springer-ny.com/sam-bin/sam/books/reviews/R0598232.html
35. Jackson, W. G.; Freasier, B.; Goodyear, K.;
Cooper, J. N.
"Sulfite ion substitution of
trans-dichlorobis(ethylenediamine)-cobalt(III): a classic autocatalytic
reaction" Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2003, 355, 137-43
* Undergraduate co-authors.
A. -- Organized and chaired the symposium "From
the Chemistry of Responsible Environmentalism to Environmentally Responsible
Chemistry", 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, July- Aug.
1994, Bucknell University. Papers published as the cover article in J.Chem.
Educ., 1995, 72, 959-976.
B. -- "Binary Solution Interactions by Viscosimetry
and Density." 64th Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Convention -
Brian Scaria and J. N. Cooper, 15 April 2000
C. -- Kitchen Chemistry: Lewisburg Heiter Community
Center 21 Feb. - 14 Mar. 2001 Four 1-1/2 hour after school activity labs for 5th
graders.
D. -- "Chemistry: Making a Difference - The
Remtech Spill 10 June 1999, Selinsgrove PA" to the Bucknell Student ACS 16
Oct. 2002
Interview with David Bradley, Science Writer
Chemistry Department, Bucknell
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