The HistoryMakers video oral history with Evern D. Cooper Epps.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 48 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336668
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Evern D. Cooper Epps
Evern D. Cooper Epps
Other authors / contributors:Cooper Epps, Evern D., interviewee.
Harris, Clarissa Myrick, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Clarissa Myrick-Harris, interviewer.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2004 March 25.
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Summary:Corporate executive Evern D. Cooper was born in Clarendon, Arkansas. Cooper earned her B.A. degree in English and journalism from Michigan State University; and her M.A. degree at Emory University in Atlanta. She began her career as a high school teacher. In 1975, she took a part-time job at United Parcel Service and began as a delivery truck driver and rose through the corporate ranks in various positions, including strategic planning, delivery information, training and business development. In 1992, she was transferred to the UPS Foundation to implement global philanthropic programs. She became president of the Foundation in 1998. Under her leadership, the Foundation contributed over $53 million to United Way. She was also on the board of the Close-Up Foundation and the Points of Light Foundation. She was also on the "List of Georgia's 100 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Corporate America".