WHEREAS, Charles Henry Cooper born September 29th, 1926, to Daniel and Emma Cooper in Pittsburgh, PA. Charles affectionally know as “Chuck” is a proud graduate of Westinghouse High School, class of 1944. After graduating from Westinghouse High School, Chuck briefly played a semester of college basketball at West Virgina State College (now University) before having to pause his college dreams to serve in World War II in the United States Navy and,