Philanthropist, volunteer Martin Cooper earns Fernando Award
By Gregory J. Wilcox, Daily News, Los Angeles | |
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Cooper, 73, received the award Saturday evening during a black time dinner at the
He was selected from a field of nine nominees for the award that's been presented since 1959 by the Fernando Award Foundation Inc.
Cooper, who moved to the Valley in 1981, said that his parents stressed the importance of helping others at an early age. And later a famous British prime minister became an inspiration for this kind of endeavor. .
"I'm quite an aficionado of
He founded
As his firm prospered so did his philanthropic and volunteer work. Cooper, 73 and an
One of his first endeavors was supporting the
So he established three guidelines.
"I wanted it to be focused on the
He is the founding president of the Jewish Home for the Aged in
He was nominated by the
The eight other nominees were
"It was a great group and they were all very well qualified. Everyone (nominee) is a winner and we are trying to give them the recognition they deserve," he said.
Cooper said that this award is really not goal of this kind of effort.
"I don't think anybody at any point does what they do because someone might give them a statuette," he said.
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