Jeff
Cooper
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PAULDEN, ARIZONA
Nominated for re-election by Nominating Committee.
Author, lecturer, trainer. consultant. small-arms designer. Born
Los Angeles. 1920. B.A. Political Science. Stanford. M.A.
History, U.C.R. Retired Lieutenant Colonel of Marines. Founder,
Southwest Pistol League: Founder and President, Gunsite Raven
Corporation; Founder and Director. American Pistol Institute in
Arizona. Founder, President, and Lifetime Honorary Chairman,
International Practical Shooting Confederation. Member of NRA
Board of Directors since 1985. Elected to NRA Executive Council
in 2002. Lifetime big game hunter on five continents. Co-designer
of the modern technique of the pistol. Originator of the modern
Scout Rifle concept. Awarded Outstanding American Handgunner,
1995; Soldier of Fortune's Shootist of the Century, 2000: St.
Gabriel Possenti Society medal, 2001. Editor-at-Large and
columnist, Guns & Ammo magazine. Author: Fireworks, To Ride,
Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth. Another Country, Principles
of Personal Defense, Gargantuan Gunsite Gossip I & II, The Art of
the Rifle and Jeff Cooper's Commentaries.
Having served many years on the NRA Board of Directors, Mr. Cooper passed away on September 25, 2006. A Great Patriot is missed.
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