Billy R Cooper"Brigadier General Billy R. Cooper was born in 1948 in Dallas, TX. After graduating from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, briefly, where he failed miserably. He later earned an AA Degree from The Univerity of the State of New York, a Bachelor's Degree from Cameron University(1977), Lawton, OK and a Masters Degree from Georgia State University(1980). Commissioned through Field Artillery Officer Candidate School in 1968, he later graduated from Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College. Cooper started from the bottom and patiently made his way to the top, retiring after serving as Deputy Commanding General of US Army Recruiting Command. He continued to serve his country by serving as Director of two Job Corps centers (program operated by the Department on Labor for some of America's most disadvantaged youth) in Cleveland, OH and Morganfield, KY for nine years." Read More Read Less