J. Francis Cooper ACE President 1937-38 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
Frank Cooper was born in 1898 in Alabama. He received a bachelor's degree from Alabama
Polytechnic Institute at Auburn and a master's degree from the University of Florida.
He established the Florida Farm Hour radio program in 1928, one of the oldest
continuously broadcast farm shows in the United States.
He served in the military during World War I, and later worked for a newspaper
in Columbus, Georgia. He also worked for Progressive Farmer magazine before
going to the University of Florida in 1925. Progressive Farmer named him Man of
the Year in Service to Florida Agriculture in 1953.
He headed the editorial department at Florida from 1925 until he retired from
the university in 1961. In retirement, he continued to write for state and
regional publications. In the 1970s, he compiled and edited "Dimensions in
History," a history of the Florida extension service. He was inducted into the
Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1981 and continued to write until shortly
before his death in October 1984. He was 86.
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