THE COOPER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Dr. Cooper’s plans for The Cooper Institute written while in the Air Force – June 22, 1970.
From the beginning, The Cooper Research Foundation will be established as a non-profit research institute. The objectives of the foundation are delineated as follows: 1. By means of sequential testing and the establishment of a data repository, conduct longitudinal research to determine objectively the role exercise plays in the preventive and rehabilitative aspect of heart, lung, and blood vessel disease. 2. Study normal vs. diseased patients, untrained vs. highly trained athletes, regardless of age or sex, in an effort to more clearly determine the physiological effects of aerobic conditioning in health and disease. 3. Conduct in-house projects and support contractual research studies evaluating the immediate and the long term effects of various levels and types of exercise. (Basic exercise physiology) 4. Extensively study the occasional undesirable or untoward effect of exercise; eg., jogging deaths, in an attempt to determine the cause and the prevention of such occurrences. 5. Initiate studies with various ages of school children in an effort to import the effectiveness of physical education program in an attempt to educate, motive and prepare school children for the inherent health problem of an affluent society. Income to The Cooper Research Foundation will be used as follows:
1. Implement and support the objectives of The Research Foundation by leasing a facility, obtaining required diagnostic and data analytical equipment, paying salaries, employed personnel and by contributions to organizations duly authorized to conduct research on the Aerobics principles. 2. Provide scholarships, fellowships and individual grants to qualified people interested in further study of the objectives of The Research Foundation. All of the advanced research and diagnostic testing equipment in use in The Cooper Clinic will be made available without cost to The Research Foundation. I will supervise the activities of The Foundation without pay. All data from the repository will be available for public use.
