Kent Pettit Cooper ’39

Kent died Jan. 20, 2006, in Rockport, Maine, where he had been living under the care of his daughter, Sally Ann '84, and his sons, Kent Jr. and David. He had suffered a stroke a year before his death, and in the succeeding months, had hated his immobility until pneumonia took him.

Kent had a very active career as an internist. He received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in 1945, and was commissioned a captain in the Army Medical Corps. During most of his tour of duty he was stationed at Veterans Hospital in Legion, Texas. He married Lois Fitton in 1952.

In 1954 he joined the Katonah (N.Y.) Medical Group and was affiliated with it for 35 years. During that time he enjoyed his family, church work, sailing on Long Island Sound, spectator sports, and music. Upon retirement he resettled in Cape Coral, Fla., where he could continue boating and be near his brother, whose interests were similar to his own. He was active in the Princeton Club of Southern Florida and was a tenor in the Barbershop Singers of Caloosahatchee, Fla.

Kent is survived by his three children. We share their sense of loss and offer them sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939