Thomas Cooper and Cooper Hall
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Thomas Cooper was a professor at Dickinson, a scientist, and a political figure. Remembered mostly for his additions to scientific technology at Dickinson and his strengths as a teacher, Dickinson has forgotten Cooper's involvement with the peculiar institution. Reconciling his impassioned pro-slavery stance with his influence and importance as a scientist and professor, this project attempts to grapple with the question of renaming Dickinson College's Cooper Hall, a building unnamed until 1992.
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Thomas Cooper. Courtesy of the Dickinson College Archives.
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Cooper Hall, Dickinson College. Courtesy of Rebecca Stout.
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About the Author
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Rebecca Stout created this website as a project for an independent study with Professor Pinsker on Dickinson College's ties to slavery. She is an English and History double major at Dickinson College.
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