John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center

Dr. John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center
EstablishedJuly 2011
LocationOrange County, California
TypeResearch Institute
DirectorDr. Jere H. Lipps
CuratorEric Scott, Paleontology

Jeannine Pedersen, Archaeology Dr. James Parham, Paleontology

Dr. Steven James, Archaeology
Websitehttp://coopercenter.fullerton.edu/

The Dr. John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, or Cooper Center, was established by OC Parks and California State University, Fullerton in order to conserve, archive and manage the Orange County Archaeology and Paleontology Collections, including six million fossils. The center opened in July 2011 and is in Orange County, California.[1]

The Cooper Center was named to commemorate Dr. John D. Cooper, professor emeritus of geological science at Cal State Fullerton, who campaigned for the conservation of the Orange County Collection, and died in 2007.[2][3]

  1. ^ BRITTANY HANSON (10 December 2014). "Orange County's fossils being cataloged and preserved". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ^ "jdcoopercenter". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ^ "jdcoopercenter". jdcoopercenter. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-11.