John N. Cooper
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 made a columnist for that site in August, 2004. 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.
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,
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,
1967-1974 (on leave 1971-1972)
1971-1972 University of
1974-1983 Bucknell University,
1975-1976 (Sabbatical) Argonne National Laboratory,
1978,
1983-2003 Bucknell University,
1983-1984 (Sabbatical)
1984
1992-1993(Sabbatical)
1993
2000-1 Consultant,
2003, June Retired.
2004 - 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, “Remove Consent”, Citizen Journalism,
Central Susquehanna Chapter,
ACLU, 2005
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.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Chemistry for Non-Scientists
Introductory Analytical
Physical Chemistry I (Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry and Kinetics)
Environmental Chemistry
PUBLICATIONS:
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.
36. Cooper, J. N. "SUVing
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4481.shtml
37. Cooper, J. N. "Bin Laden, Laughing"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4536.shtml
38. Cooper, J. N. "Burial Sight"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4537.shtml
39. Cooper, J. N. "Facing Mars"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4581.shtml
40. Cooper, J. N. "How We Choose: Want vs Need"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4705.shtml
41. Cooper, J. N. "Whither Empathy and
Compassion"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4866.shtml
42. Cooper, J. N. "I Do Not Understand"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_5123.shtml
43. Cooper, J. N. "On Becoming Fascist"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_5298.shtml
44. Cooper, J. N. Book Review of "Unequal
Protection: the rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_5898.shtml
45. Cooper, J.N. Book Review of "The New Pearl
Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_6002.shtml
46. Cooper, J.N. "Interests: Self and
Others'"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_6733.shtml
47. Cooper, J.N. "Abuse of Words, Words of
Abuse"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_6995.shtml
48. Cooper, J.N. "On Getting It"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_7443.shtml
49. Cooper, J.N. "Anticipating Bush's
Legacy"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_9545.shtml
50. Cooper, J. N. "What Games We Play"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_9937.shtml
51. Cooper, J. N. "Viewing Fahrenheit 9/11"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_9949.shtml
52. Cooper, J. N. "Tribal Thinking"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_10329.shtml
53. Cooper, J. N. "Reason, Persuasion and
Decisions"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_10611.shtml
54. Cooper, J.N. "On Patriotism"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_10790.shtml
55. Cooper, J. N. "Review of Fear's Empire: War
Terrorism and Democracy"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_11104.shtml
56. Cooper, J. N. "John N. Cooper's review of
Garrison Keillor's 'Homegrown Democrat'"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_11433.shtml
57. Cooper, J. N. "The United State of
Denial"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_11735.shtml
reprinted
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=5565&s2=13
58. Cooper, J. N. "Trouble is ...
"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_12372.shtml
59. Cooper, J. N. "Our Entertocracy"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_12599.shtml
60. Cooper, J. N. "What would You
do?"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_12741.shtml
61. Cooper, J. N. Book Review of George Lakoff's "don't think about an elephant"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_12961.shtml
62. Cooper, J. N. "Just Imagine"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_13691.shtml
63. Cooper, J. N. "Benjamin R. Barber's
‘Jihad vs. McWorld'"
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_13740.shtml
64. Cooper, J. N.
"Healthcare for Profit. Something is Rotten in the
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_13907.shtml
65. Cooper, J. N. "
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14129.shtml
66. Cooper, J. N.
"The Vigil" 6 Dec 2004
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14258.shtml
67. Cooper, J. N.
"Narcissistic Roots of Fascism" 31 Dec 2004
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_14757.shtml
68. Cooper, J. N. "High
Noon for Natural Gas" 11 Jan 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15003.shtml
69. Cooper, J. N.
"The Vigil II" 16 Jan 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15073.shtml
70. Cooper, J. N. "The United State of
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15561.shtml
71. Cooper, J. N.
"Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update" 13 Feb 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15654.shtml
72. Cooper, J. N.
"God Bless
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15845.shtml
73. Cooper, J. N.
"Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed"
2 Mar 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_16003.shtml
74. Cooper, J. N.
"God Bless
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_16586.shtml
75. Cooper, J. N.
"Report to the Mothership" 8 Apr 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_16732.shtml
76. Cooper, J. N.
"What Profiteth It a Nation .."
5 Jun 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_18295.shtml
77. Cooper, J. N.
"Interdependence Day" 3 July 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_18961.shtml
78. Cooper, J. N.
"On Justice" 3 Aug 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19482.shtml
79.
Cooper, J. N. "On
Economics" 19
Aug 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19537.shtml
80. Cooper, J. N. "The Dysfunctional States of
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19619.shtml
81. Cooper, J.N. "Reason, Knowledge, Belief and
Faith" 10 Oct 2005
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19786.shtml
82. Cooper, J. N. "Democracy: America's Failed
Experiment" 21 Feb 2006
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_21191.shtml
83. Cooper, J. N.
"The Long Emergency - James Howard Kunstler"
20 Apr 2006
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_21803.shtml
84. Cooper, J. N.
"the Power of Community : How
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_21913.shtml
85. Cooper, J. N.
"Colonizing the Solar System" 15 Jun 2006
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_22245.shtml
86. Cooper, J. N.
"Understanding Defensiveness" 8 Jul 2006
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_22466.shtml
87. Cooper, J. N. "Islamo-Fascism" 14 Aug 2006
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_22752.shtml
88. Cooper, J. N.
"The House of War" 19 Oct 2006
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_23273.shtml
* Undergraduate co-authors
PRESENTATIONS
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
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