The Cooper Institute
Healthy Living: The Science. The Application.
Annual Report 2006
Our success begins…
FOUNDERS
American Financial Corporation
The Burnett Foundation
The William Chinnick Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Cooper
The Michael & Susan Dell
Foundation
Paul E. Dinkel
Ernst & Young
Ray L. Hunt
Ruth Ray Hunt
Carl B. & Florence E. King
Foundation
Carl Lindner
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Meyer
Leo S. Nikora
Lee & Sally Posey
Mr. & Mrs. Orville C. Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Troutt
Tyler Corporation
BENEFACTORS
Arthur Blank Family Foundation
Dorothy & C.W. Conn, Jr.
The Foundation of the Family of
C.M. & Edna P. Cotton
Crowley-Carter Foundation
The Dallas Foundation
David M. & Mary C. Crowley
Charitable Lead Trusts
EDS
E. Grant Fitts
The Glass Family Foundation
The Gordon Fund
Lyda Hill
Margaret Hunt Hill
Lennox Foundation
Drayton McLane
Robert B. Palmer
PepsiCo Foundation
Margot & Ross Perot
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Pollard
Mr. & Mrs. O.H. Reaugh
Ray C. Robbins
The Robert M. Rogers
Foundation
The Bob Smith, MD Foundation
Marianne & Roger Staubach
Donald N. Test, Jr.
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Royce E. Wisenbaker, Sr.
AMBASSADORS
Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.
Arlitt & Elverda Allsup
Anonymous
Gerry & Burt Belzer
Charles Betzel
Lt. Gen. R. L. Bohannon, MD,
USAF (Ret)
Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Chiles
Price Bush Elkin, PhD
Robert F. Faulkner
Robert D. Gorham
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Jacobs
The Lightner Sams Foundation,
Inc.
Cary M. Maguire
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Norris, Jr.
Pat & Neil O’Brien
Louise Rogers Ornelas
Overhead Door Corporation
The Phillips Legacy Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Probasco, Jr.
James A. & Maume H. Rowland
Foundation
C. A. Rundell
The Harold Simmons Foundation
Pete Siracusa
Texas Instruments Foundation
Russell T. Bundy
The Wheeler Family Foundation
PATRONS
American Airlines Foundation
Baker Hughes Incorporated
Howard I. Bernstein
Steven N. Blair, PED
Arthur & Stephanie Blank
Brinker International
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce G. Brookshire
The Cooper Clinic
Dr. David C. Cooper
The Cooper Institute Staff
Edwin L. Cox
Kathy & Tim Eller
Michael G. Evans
George J. Freund
Stephen Furbacher
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Grizzard
R.C. Haugh
Harry H. Hoiles
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Howard
The Elizabeth M. Irby
Foundation
George B. Karpay
Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. King
The Forrest C. Lattner
Foundation, Inc.
Lester A. Levy
Elaine & Rick Martin
Elaine M. Mathes
O.G. McClain
John L. McGraw
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. McKinney
Harold D. Medley
Marilu & David Meredith
MESA, Inc.
Marilynne Meyers-Howsley
Bruce & Jody Miller
C. John Miller
Harvey L. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Miller
George F. Mixon, Jr.
James H. Moore, III
Ben R. Murphy
National Chemsearch
Corporation
Bob Parker
John K. Pearcy
PepsiCo, Inc.
Personalized Printing Corporation
T. Boone Pickens
Turner Primrose
Ben Puckett, Sr.
Norman R. Rales
The Reinemund Family
Foundation
Matthew Rinaldo
The Lemel Scarbrough
Foundation
William A. Schwartz
Charles L. Sterling
Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Turpin
Stanley F. Whitman
Gretchen Minyard-Williams
ASSOCIATES
Allied Signal Foundation
Robert Alpert
Gayle O. Averyt
Baker & Botts
W.O. Bankston
James W. Barnett, DDS
Giuseppe Battaglia
Mr. & Mrs. Louis A. Beecherl
Bonnie Bell
Linda Ann Billings
Chester Bradley, Jr.
Hugh M. Briggs
Lana & Michael Burnett
Caltex Petroleum Corporation
Ruth Ann Carpenter
Joey Carter
Centex Corporation
Chattem, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Roger Christensen
William E. Cooper
George L. Cottingham, Jr.
Harlan Crow
Oren Evans
Bernard Feshbach
David R. Ficca
FINA
First City Bancorporation of
Texas, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. William Gayden
Dr. & Mrs. Larry W. Gibbons
Mr. & Mrs. George Grubbs, Sr.
Terry Gwin
Haggar Foundation
Walter B. Hailey
Halliburton Company
Salah M. Hassanein
Catherine Hawkins
Thomas O. Hicks Family
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Hill
Westwood Holdings, Inc.
Honeywell Foundation
Jay B. (J. Ronald) Horowitz
Dudley J. Hughes
Louise Jacks
Warren F. Jones
The Jonsson Foundation
Charlie & Beverly Key
KPMG Peat Marwick
Mr. & Mrs. Theo B. Lamb
Cindy Lefferts
Leonard Leon
Estate of Charlotte Levitt
Alan Levitt
Leon & Sal Loeb
Senator Richard G. Lugar
Whales Madden, Jr.
Drs. John G. & Marjorie Mahler
Manhattan Life Insurance Co.
The Eugene McDermott
Foundation
Paul J. Meyer
Paul J. Meyer Family Foundation
Brenda S. Mitchell
The National HealthCare
Foundation
Louis P. Neeb
Clarice Nichols
Clayton Niles
Occidental Chemical Corporation
J. Stephen Penner
William C. Perkins
Mr. & Mrs. Saul Perlman
H.L. Pierce
Eugene M. Phillips
Richard Rainwater & Darla
Moore
Dain Rauscher
Clarke Reed
Bob Roberts
Edward W. & Evelyn P. Rose, III
John H. Rowley
Mr. & Mrs. R.E. Ruch
M.B. Rudman
Dallas Semiconductor
Norman D. Stovall, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Timken, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Toot, Jr.
TXU Electric
Transamerica Life Companies
Tyler Cup Foundation
U.S. Dairy Association
Glen Uzzel
E. Paul & Helen Buck Waggoner
Foundation
Dennis M. Walker
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Nettie W. Weber
Natalie Weinberger
Glen M. Wilkins
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Raymond Willie
Noble Willingham
Margaret S. Wilson
Xerox Foundation
Jane Yeckel
Gerard Zeegers
Joseph D. Zimmerman
ADVOCATES
7-Eleven, Inc.
Jerome T. & Patricia Flood
Abbott Foundation
Affinity
Rhonda & Troy Aikman
Austin Commercial, Inc.
Rebecca & John Bayless
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Beach
Patricia Beckett
Beckett Publications
James M. Bellah
F.M. Bellingrath
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bermant
Lucy Billingsley
Mr. & Mrs. Henry O. Boswell
Dr. & Mrs. Donald R. Brauning
Toni & Norman Brinker
Forrest C. Brown
Ellen & Jay Bruner
Linda & Bob Buford
Marj. & Fred Burley
James C. Carlisle
Bob Carlson
Sue & Lee Coleman
Robert L. Chester, MD
Chester D. Christy, DDS
Clo & Perry Cloud
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Collins
Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Constant
Walt Coughlin
Trammell Crow
Ralph F. Cox
Paul S. DeMoss
Carl Deutsch
M. Kurtz Dietzer, DDS
The Duda Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Howard W.
Dunham, Jr.
Scot Dykema
Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Fanning
Mr. & Mrs. James Farnsworth
Steve Farrell
Dr. Forrest Faulconer
The Fay Improvement Company
Ed Foreman
Herschel & Sally Forester
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Dr. Pat & Kitzi Fulgham
Gene Furlong
Gaines Godfrey
Joseph Goldstein, MD
The Allen Gordon Foundation
M.F. Graham, MD
Peter G. Gray
E. Eugene Greer, Jr.
Burke Asher & Jeanne Grissom
Ebby Halliday Realtors
William J. Halligan, Jr.
James Terrence Haney
Tom L. Hansberger
Bob Harbison
The Bryce Harlow Foundation
Richard Heinrich
Lawrence R. Herkimer
Hershey Foods
David C. Hickey
Dr. & Mrs. Carl Highgenboten
Robert L. Hoffman
Tom Hughston
William Hutchinson
Shelley Ivey, III
Arno L. Jensen, MD
Susan B. Johnson
Dr. George Kembel
Donald A. Key
Morton R. Kimmel
David & Eloise Kimmelman
Damaris & Don Knobler
Harold W. Kohl, III
Joyce & Larry Lacerte
Robert F. Latshaw
Richard Lentz
Dr. & Mrs. David R. Libby
Jennie & Mike Ling
Michael Loehr
George E. Luce
Dr. & Mrs. Boyd D. Lyles, Jr.
Henry K. Mackel
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Maus, Jr.
Janet & Tom McDougal
Medical City Dallas Limited
In memory of: Ernie A. Meier
Lester Melnick
Deborah & David Michel
Ed Crow Miller, MD
Henry S. Miller
James Millerman
The Minyard Founders
Foundation
Lee Roy Mitchell
Drs. Tedd & Janet Mitchell
Lark & J.C. Montgomery, Jr.
Change of Direction – The Mission Never Changes
I look at the societal, technological, and institutional
changes that have occurred during just my lifetime,
and it is enough to set my head spinning. In the
last 60 years, the only consistent thing has been the
tremendous changes we have had to adapt to in
some shape or form – and the pace at which they
continue to come.
In our specialty niche of preventive medicine,
change was originally slow in coming; now that
the science-based data on physical activity and its
proven role in enhancing quality of life and longevity
is getting out to the masses, changes in the way
people are thinking about their health are happening
even faster. Simply, the research and education
initiatives of The Cooper Institute must keep pace
with these changes in order to continue providing the road map of life prescriptions
to better health.
Seventy percent of our individual health issues are within our control if we choose
to make it so with healthier lifestyle behaviors. The Cooper Institute is a source of
knowledge for you, and knowledge is empowering.
In keeping with technological advancements and the changes they provide, you will
notice we have kept our annual report to a minimum this year, with the request you
go to our web site to get our complete history, current initiatives, and detailed financial
profile. In the past, our annual report has been as large as 58 pages in the interest of
thoroughly communicating our achievements and future plans. The web site in due
course will be a secure, dynamic, and interactive resource for you dealing in ‘real
time’ with all aspects of the Institute’s science, studies, course offerings, certifications,
events, and on-line donating and gifting opportunities. It will be our health promotion
“superhighway” into your home.
I congratulate The Cooper Institute leaders and staff, past and present, who have
been instrumental in bringing us to and through so many crossroads of change. I am
appreciative of their contributions and personal commitments to a mutually shared
vision, mission and deeply embedded core value system. I share with all an excitement
and anticipation for what is yet to come as we go about the science and education of
making a healthier world.
Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, Chairman and CEO
First, I would like to express how gratifying it is to be in my new
position at The Cooper Institute. It is a pleasure to work for and with Dr.
Cooper and continually witness his vision and leadership. The successful
execution of Dr. Cooper’s vision is dependent upon the remarkable staff
at the Institute.
At a time when The Cooper Institute faces the new opportunities and
challenges that come with change, there is no better time to revisit who
we are and assess what we want the Institute to be in the future. Both
scenarios are expressed best by our mission statement and core values. I remind all who read this
annual report that the Institute is dedicated to fulfilling the mission and living by our core values.
These are not just words at the Institute but truly a way of life.
Dr. Cooper’s vision and the role of the Institute continue to expand as evidenced by the presence
the Institute plans to have in 2007 at the Craig Ranch complex in McKinney, Texas. Dr. Conrad
Earnest, Vice President of Human Performance, will direct The Cooper Institute of Sports
Medicine Research at Craig Ranch.
The Institute will continue to expand research studies, both clinical and epidemiological. It is also
a goal of the Institute for the Oak Cliff Center to thrive and to not only support our research but
to be an important health information resource in the community.
The 36-year-old Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study is maturing, which allows us access to
richer data than ever before. To provide a perspective regarding the importance of this database,
one only needs to know the database contains over 210,000 records from more than 80,000
patients, representing over 1,000,000 person-years of observation. There is no other database
like it in the world.
For science to have the greatest positive impact, it must be applied for the improvement of
human life. Since 1979, our Education Division has been teaching people how to apply science
using a “train the trainers” model. Our FITNESSGRAM physical fitness and activity assessment
software for schools has set a standard of excellence in providing a computer-based tool for
educators and administrators – and the students themselves. Our Education Division is developing
an e-learning delivery system for our courses which will extend the availability of existing and
new courses offered by the Institute giving us another channel by which to disseminate health
information and classes in a web-based format world-wide, reaching students that otherwise
would never have the opportunity to experience our classes.
I believe the Institute has a future that holds great promise for life-changing discoveries as we further
explore the relationships between physical activity, diet, healthy lifestyles, and improved health. I
take this opportunity to invite you to be a part of the exciting future at The Cooper Institute.
Terry Rives, DrPH, President and Chief Operating Officer
The Cooper Institute 2006 Annual Report • Board of Trustees
Our Mission:
The Cooper Institute
is dedicated to
advancing the
understanding of
the relationship
between living habits
and health, and to
providing leadership
in implementing
these concepts to
enhance the physical
and emotional wellbeing of individuals.
Our Values:
Scientific Advisory Board
Kenneth H. Cooper,
MD, MPH
Chairman of the Board
Dallas, Texas
Steven N. Blair, PED
Dallas, Texas
Fred Meyer
Vice-Chairman, Treasurer,
Long Range Planning,
Governance Committee Chair
Dallas, Texas
Arthur M. Blank
Atlanta, Georgia
Susan Dell
Austin, Texas
Neil J. O’Brien
Secretary
Dallas, Texas
Les Alberthal
Audit Committee Chair
Plano, Texas
The Scientific Advisory Board members
are contacted throughout the year for their
feedback on grant applications, research
articles, and ongoing projects. These
volunteer Board members improve the
quality of the Institute’s work, and we are
grateful for their many contributions.
David D. Glass
Bentonville, Arkansas
Joseph Goldstein, MD
Dallas, Texas
Integrity
William Haskell, PhD, Chair
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Claude Bouchard, PhD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Respect
John Jakicic, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Teamwork
Leadership
Knowledge
Members of the Scientific Advisory
Board serve as an objective and external
validation for The Cooper Institute’s ideas,
study designs, and published reports and
articles. They provide expertise in clinical
medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, exercise
physiology, genetics, and health education. All
are accomplished investigators with multiple
years experience in conducting studies similar
to those conducted at the Institute.
Hon. Mike Huckabee
Little Rock, Arkansas
Ray Hunt
Dallas, Texas
Drayton McLane
Temple, Texas
Robert B. Palmer
Investment Committee
Chair
Dallas, Texas
Jeanne Phillips
Development Committee
Chair
Dallas, Texas
Helena Kraemer, PhD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts
Excellence
Paul Thompson, MD
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut
Lee Posey
Dallas, Texas
• Healthy Living: The Science. The Application.
Steven S. Reinemund
Dallas, Texas
Roger Staubach
Dallas, Texas
Louis W. Sullivan, MD
Atlanta, Georgia
Kenny A. Troutt
Dallas, Texas
Tom Wadden, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DEVELOPMENT
The success of The Cooper Institute begins
– and ends – with our donors.
You supplement our continuing needs, growth, and future. You are our partners and
goodwill ambassadors – not only do you give of yourselves financially, but you are also the
source of many of the ideas and recommendations we have implemented. We consider our
donors our ambassadors whom we honor on our Circle of Friends wall display in the main
hallway of the Institute.
The Institute is in turn committed to be careful stewards of the
money you entrust to us. Although our development strategies
and activities have increased substantially in the past few years,
our costs have remained low with only 4.3% of our revenue
going toward fundraising.
(Above Photo) Launching the 2006
Preventive Medicine and Lecture Series to
a capacity audience, Dr. Kenneth Cooper,
Governor Mike Huckabee, guest series
speaker, and Dr. Phil Williams, subscriber
and Dallas neurosurgeon, enjoyed the
warm welcome of hosts Lillie and Phil
Romano in their Preston Hollow home.
Look to our secure website (www.cooperinstitute.org) for
many exciting ways to get involved:
❖ Register for our popular quarterly Preventive Medicine and
Wellness Lecture Series to hear prominent local and national
expert speakers on today’s health issues. Individual and
corporate subscriptions and sponsorships are available.
❖ Look for dates and come to an Inside the Institute luncheon
and tour. Find out what happens “behind the scenes.”
(Right Photo) Mrs. Susan Dell
welcomed The Cooper Institute
into her home in April 2006 for an
informational luncheon with sixtyfive of her friends and business
associates (Above Photo). Institute
scientists addressed women’s health
– separating fact from myth.
2006 Lecture Series
❖ Interested in helping us raise friends, funds, and awareness? Our newly-formed
Development Advisory Board is the place for you!
❖ We are happy to come to you and talk to your business, school, or social group. Our
Speakers Bureau topics include nutrition, fitness, coping with stress, preventive
healthcare, weight management, diversity, and steps to a healthier way of life.
❖ Get on our mailing list to receive our quarterly “Update” newsletter, chock full of
the most up-to-the-minute health and fitness information as well as Institute news
and happenings.
❖ Most importantly, consider making a donation or memorial gift – to our general
operating fund or an Institute “essential need” of your choice.
Integrity—Ethics are not optional.
We use our resources responsibly.
These are just some of the ways The Cooper Institute raises money and awareness as
we continue to translate our life-saving research into programs for the community that
positively impact the health and wellness of people from all walks of life. Join us in our
efforts to make a healthier world through the needed science and education. You can
reach us at 972.341.3200 and ask for the Development office.
The Cooper Institute 2006 Annual Report • Numerous reports and
research studies have
documented major
disparities between
important health markers
among racial and ethnic
minorities and those among
white populations.
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These disparities illustrate
that minorities are among
those most in need of
quality health care, but
in order to improve the
health of any population,
detailed information on
their health is necessary
to plan and target
intervention programs.
The underrepresentation
of minorities in research
creates significant gaps in the
knowledge about the health
of racial and ethnic minority
populations and their
responses to interventions.
Our work in the Oak Cliff
community of Dallas can
help to fill these gaps.
From study participant to
employee of the year!
To actively connect, create partnerships, and build trust with diverse populations across the
lifespan to develop a greater understanding of the relationship between healthy living, quality
of life, and disease in our research, education, and training programs; thereby better addressing
knowledge, prevention, survivorship, mortality, and health disparities in diverse, underserved,
and underrepresented communities.
The Cooper Institute Oak Cliff Center continues to be a proactive member of Oak Cliff
and its surrounding communities. The center and its staff are involved in numerous events,
community initiatives, and the recruitment and exercise supervision of study participants for
our clinical trials. During the past year, the center’s most notable contributions included:
❖ Successfully recruited 35% minority study participation
❖ Assessed body fat composition and took blood pressure measurements for a 16-week south
Dallas youth camp
❖ Collaborated and hosted Texas on the Move’s “Day of Action” community walk and
workshop, ”Taking Steps for a Healthier Community”
❖ Assisted The Charles Rice Learning Center in south Dallas with their 16-week employee
wellness program by assessing pre- and post-program height, weight, blood pressure, and
body fat measurements
❖ Hosted “Approaching Diversity: Tools for Creating a Healthy Community” workshop in May
• Healthy Living: The Science. The Application.
Respect—Diverse people and ideas are respected.
After the telecom mergers and
associated downsizing, B. Mukidah
Wiggins found herself without a job
and in need of something to do. Over
lunch one day, a friend mentioned a
research study called DREW (a post
menopausal women’s health study)
at The Cooper Institute in which
she thought Mukidah might be
interested. Mukidah completed the
prescreening process of the DREW
study and then got a case of cold feet.
A call from the study project director
convinced her she could do it and
she did! During her time as a DREW
participant, she caught the exercise
bug and even had to be warned to
slow down while on the treadmill on
a few occasions. Talking with study
staff, she learned there was a fitness
center on campus, so she decided to
investigate. She landed a part-time
job working at the front desk and in
10 months was named ‘Employee of
the Year’ and today is the director of
member services. Mukidah continues
to exercise – preferring to cross-train,
strength train, and play golf. She says,
“I feel like I’m cheating myself if I don’t
work out.”
Research and Education
Selected
Publications (See
www.cooperinst.org for
complete list)
Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk
PT, Janssen I, Church
TS, Blair SN. Revised
Adult Treatment Panel
III Guidelines and
Cardiovascular Disease
Mortality in Men
Attending a Preventive
Medical Clinic. Circulation
2005;112:1481-1488.
Barlow CE, LaMonte MJ,
FitzGerald SJ, Kampert
JB, Perrin JL, Blair
SN. Cardiorespiratory
fitness is an independent
predictor of hypertension
incidence among initially
normotensive healthy
women. Am J Epidemiol
2006;163:142-150.
Blair SN, LaMonte
MJ. How much and
what type of physical
activity is enough?: What
physicians should tell their
patients. Arch Intern Med
2005;165:2324-2325.
Church T, LaMonte MJ,
Barlow CE, Blair SN.
Cardiorespiratory fitness
and body mass index
as predictors of CVD
mortality among men with
diabetes. Archives Internal
Med 2005;165:2114-2120.
activity recommendations
in postmenopausal women.
Med Sci Sports Exerc
2005;37:1627-1632.
Finley CE, LaMonte MJ,
Waslien CI, Barlow CE,
Blair SN, Nichaman MZ.
Cardiorespiratory fitness,
macronutrient intake, and
the metabolic syndrome:
the Aerobics Center
Longitudinal Study. J Am
Diet Assoc 2006;106:673679.
Jurca R, LaMonte MJ,
Barlow CE, Kampert JB,
Church TS, Blair SN.
Association of muscular
strength with incidence
of metabolic syndrome in
men. Med Sci Sports Exerc
2005;37:1849-1855.
Frierson G. Using the
IDEA method in AfricanAmerican women with
weight-loss issues (Clinical
Case Report). Obesity
Management 2005;6:258260.
Galper DI, Trivedi MH,
Barlow CE, Dunn AL,
Kampert JB. Inverse
association between
physical inactivity and
mental health in men and
women. Med Sci Sports
Exerc 2006;38:173-178.
Jordan AN, Jurca GM,
Tudor-Locke C, Church
TS, Blair SN. Pedometer
indices for weekly physical
LaMonte MJ, Barlow
CE, Jurca R, Kampert
JB, Church TS, Blair SN.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is
inversely associated with
the incidence of metabolic
syndrome: a prospective
study of men and women.
Circulation 2005;112:505512.
Lucia A, Gomez-Gallego
F, Barroso I, Rabadan M,
Bandres F, San Juan AF,
Chicharro JL, Ekelund
U, Brage S, Earnest CP,
Warehame NJ, and Franks
PW. PPARGCIA genotype
(Gly482Ser) predicts
exceptional endurance
capacity in European
males. J Appl Physiol 5
A.D.;99:344-348.
Teamwork—We seek productive partnerships.
We share in successes and challenges.
The Healthy Eating and Active Living for TRICARE Households
(HEALTH) Study is a weight management program for military
retirees and dependents in collaboration with the Research Triangle
Institute (RTI). HEALTH involves 3,000 individuals in a randomized
community trial, and at least 3,000 in a minimal intervention
participation project in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
Developed by our division of Education, CI’s weight management
program, and RTI, interventions are delivered by a written curriculum, interactive voice
response telephone system, and the internet.
Funded in April, the Women’s Exercise Injuries Study (WIN),
an observational study conducted by the Epidemiology group,
is following 900 adult women for approximately 3.5 years
to carefully monitor their exercise habits and their injuries.
Information gathered in this study can be used to refine public
health recommendations on physical activity for all women.
The Clinical Trials group is conducting a research study of an investigational drug to be tested
for the prevention of diabetes and another to find out how effective a new treatment is in
helping people lose weight.
In collaboration with the Air Force at Langley AFB in Virginia, evaluators are using circuit
and interval training strategies to maximize fitness training effects in less time than what has
traditionally been given to those airmen who have failed their physical fitness training test. This
circuit and interval training system produces specific fitness gains in about one third the time
originally given to these airmen. These circuits will become a part of our newly developed
Cooper Circuit Training System developed by the Education Division and will be incorporated
into our fitness training classes with military and law enforcement organizations.
With collaborators in Spain, we showed that a weight training program for breast cancer
survivors was better able to maintain muscle capacity, body composition, and quality of life
than survivors not participating in strength training. In a Dallas-based study, 10 elderly women
took creatine, a sports performance supplement, for a short period of time and were able to
increase muscle performance as evidenced by an increase in the number of sit-ups they could
perform, as well as an increase in the number of times they could sit and stand in a minute.
Looking forward to next year, we plan to conduct a two-week feeding study where research
participants eat a breakfast meal of microencapsulated foods or a placebo meal. This breakfast
meal will deliver half of the omega-3 oils recommended by the American Heart Association
each day. The results of this trial will allow us to see if omega-3 enhanced foods are a viable
vehicle for fish oil delivery and will set the stage for future grant applications and studies using
a whole foods or functional foods approach to nutrient delivery. We will also conduct a pilot
study examining the influence of a built environment on physical activity behavior.
The Cooper Institute 2006 Annual Report • Research and Education
The Division of Education staff developed three new courses,
Circuit Training, Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Children, and
Military Exercise Leadership in the past year. We offered courses
all over the world to a variety of audiences and expect to bring
in new customers of our contract courses in the next year such as
Homeland Security. Staff members currently serve on key industry
committees that seek to improve quality standards in health and
fitness instruction.
Our credentialing certification efforts have advanced significantly
this past year. Credentialing certification is now a stand-alone
department. The Cooper Institute Certification Board was formally
established through an amendment to The Cooper Institute
bylaws during the 2005 Annual Board of Trustees meeting, and
provides governance of policies and procedures of the credentialing
certification and credentialing certification renewal processes.
The credentialing certification department is seeking independent
third-party accreditation for The Cooper Institute Personal
Trainer Certification (CI-PTr) and plans to submit its application,
demonstrating compliance with the rigorous accreditation standards,
in September 2006. During the compliance process, psychometric
experts have worked with the certification leadership to advance
test development methods and measurements leading up to and
during certification testing.
We received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to revise and update a guide to planning, promoting,
implementing, and evaluating a healthy eating and physical
activity promotion program in a worksite setting. CI staff also
provided training, curriculum materials, and ongoing support to
29 Illinois organizations (health departments, YMCAs, etc.) to
implement a 12-week community-based program, Heart Smart for
Women, designed to improve healthy eating and physical activity
behaviors, and ultimately reduce risk for cardiovascular disease
among Illinois women.
Leadership—We lead by example. We promote
healthful lifestyles for ourselves and others.
We encourage creative and visionary thinking.
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The Cooper Institute’s
Spectrum of Activities
Epidemiological
Research
Clinical
Trials
Lifestyle Intervention
Studies
Health Communications
Research
Health Professional
Education
Research and Education
The Cooper Institute has accumulated 36 years of invaluable knowledge assets. This wealth of information
along with changes in technology made it imperative that we tap and distribute these knowledge resources
in new ways. That is why we are building the infrastructure to deliver our assets through new channels and
provide new products and services.
Our content management initiative will provide a foundation on which we can build these new channels.
The content management system will provide organization to electronic files in the research, education,
and administration divisions, implement efficient search capabilities of past projects, inventory and list
histories of similar projects, suggest proven workflow and collaboration tools, and develop communities
of practice to draw on others’ experiences.
With the explosive growth of the Internet and e-commerce, we have responded with the development of
our e-learning initiative. E-learning will move our instruction efforts into cyberspace - giving individuals
the option to learn from us wherever in the world they are.
In a few short years, e-business has changed the face of business. Customers
now expect information, products, and services to be online and available
at the touch of a button. Customers become frustrated if the information or
products they want are not easy to find and purchase. Companies risk losing
customers to competitors that are only a click away. Our redesigned website
will provide improved access to our products and services, such as our newly
developed DVDs entitled 21st Century Medicine and Interactive Functional
Anatomy. 21st Century Medicine captures Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s lecture on
health promotion and preventive medicine.
Through medical imaging and computer graphics,
Interactive Functional Anatomy provides a view of the entire skeleton with
muscles, ligaments, bones, arteries and nerves. You can take the skeleton
through an exercise and, because the muscles change colors, you can see at
what point the muscles are generating maximal force.
Dissemination and
Advocacy
Healthier
Individuals,
Families, and
Society
knowl·edge
Pronunciation: ‘nä-lij
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
knowlege, from knowlechen
to acknowledge, irregular
from knowen
(1) : the fact or condition
of knowing something
with familiarity gained
through experience
or association (2) :
acquaintance with or
understanding of a science,
art, or technique (3) :
the fact or condition
of being aware of
something (4) : the range
of one’s information or
understanding <answered
to the best of my
knowledge> (5) : the
circumstance or condition
of apprehending truth or
fact through reasoning :
cognition (6) : the fact
or condition of having
information or of being
learned <a person of
unusual knowledge> (7) :
the sum of what is known
(8): the body of truth,
information, and principles
acquired by humankind
(9) : that which is found at
The Cooper Institute
Knowledge—Knowledge is our asset.
We are always learning, always growing.
Our work can make a difference in the
quality of life for many.
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FITNESSGRAM
®
Your scores on 5 of 6 tests were in or above the Healthy Fitness
Zone. In addition to doing strength and flexibility exercises, you
should play active games, sports, or other activities most every day.
ACTIVITY
BODY COMPOSITION
MUSCLE STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, & FLEXIBILITY
AEROBIC CAPACITY
Needs
Improvement
VO2Max
Current:
Past:
Joe Jogger
Grade: 6 Age: 13
Cooper Institute Elementary School
Instructor: Karla Tripp
Current:
Past:
Healthy Fitness Zone
Date
05/22/2006
08/18/2005
Height
5' 5"
5' 6"
Although your aerobic capacity score is very good now,
you are not doing enough physical activity. You should
try to play very actively at least 60 minutes at least 5
days each week to look and feel good.
Walk Time
Current: 14:45
To improve your upper-body strength, be sure that
your strength activities include modified push-ups,
push-ups, and climbing activities. You may need to do
more arm exercises.
(Abdominal) Curl-Up
23
Current:
19
Past:
Your abdominal and trunk strength are both in the
Healthy Fitness Zone. To maintain your fitness, be
sure that your strength-training activities include
exercises for each of these areas. Abdominal and trunk
exercises should be done at least 3 to 5 days each
week.
(Trunk Extension) Trunk Lift
Current:
Past:
Your flexibility is in the Healthy Fitness Zone. To
maintain your fitness, stretch slowly 3 or 4 days each
week, holding the stretch 20-30 seconds. Don't forget
that you need to stretch all areas of the body.
11
11
(Upper Body) Push-Up
11
Current:
Past:
Joe, your body composition is in the Healthy Fitness
Zone. If you will be active most days each week, it
may help to maintain your level of body composition.
You should also eat a healthy diet including more fruits
and vegetables and fewer fats and sugars.
18
Healthy Fitness Zone for 13 year-old boys
Walk Test = 42 - 52 ml/kg/min
Curl-Up = 21 - 40 repetitions
Trunk Lift = 9 - 12 inches
Push-Up = 12 - 25 repetitions
Back-Saver Sit and Reach =
At least 8 inches on R & L
Percent Body Fat = 7.00 - 25.00 %
(Flexibility) Back-Saver Sit and Reach R, L
12.00, 10.00
Current:
9.00, 10.00
Past:
Percent Body Fat
Healthy Fitness Zone
Needs
Improvement
Very
Low
Current:
Past:
In the past year…
❖ New York City program—FITNESSGRAM was licensed to
the New York City public schools. We worked closely with
them to make local modifications that met their needs, and yet
maintained the fidelity of the basic FITNESSGRAM program.
Eric Pliner, Assistant Director, Office of Fitness and Physical
Education, New York City Department of Education, said
recently, “As you know, this has been a tremendous year for fitness
and physical education in New York City, due in no small part
to the rollout of NYC FITNESSGRAM. Twelve weeks since the
application has gone live, nearly 75,000 students have completed
NYC FITNESSGRAM records in our database, and over 100,000
have some scores already entered. We are amazed at the success
of the program to date, and are thrilled with the support that we
have gotten both internally and out in the field.”
22.32
19.38
Being too lean or too heavy may be
a sign of (or lead to) health problems.
Number
of Days
On how many of the past 7 days did you participate in
physical activity for a total of 30-60 minutes, or more,
over the course of the day?
4
On how many of the past 7 days did you do exercises to
strengthen or tone your muscles?
2
On how many of the past 7 days did you do exercises to
loosen up or relax your muscles?
3
To be healthy and fit it is important to do some physical
activity almost every day. Aerobic exercise is good for
your heart and body composition. Strength and
flexibility exercises are good for your muscles and
joints.
Good job! You are doing some aerobic activity and
strength and flexibility exercises. Additional vigorous
aerobic activity would help to promote higher levels of
fitness.
©2005 The Cooper Institute
Excellence—Excellence is our standard.
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Weight
140 lbs
135 lbs
MESSAGES
55
43
VO2max is based on your aerobic test score. It shows
your ability to do activities such as running, cycling, or
sports at a high level. HFZ begins at 42.
From the initial idea of a student’s “physical fitness report card,”
FITNESSGRAM has grown into a national educational, physical
fitness assessment, and reporting software application. The Cooper
Institute staff envisioned a way to improve the effectiveness of
physical education curricula by providing tools and resources to
teachers. Their vision was the nexus for the development of the
FITNESSGRAM program. Twenty-five years later, FITNESSGRAM
continues to build from its strong scientific foundation evolving
as new research dictates. Our FITNESSGRAM Scientific Advisory
Board provides the interpretation and translation of this new
research into new versions of the software. The newest enhancement
available in the software application is called ACTIVITYGRAM.
This assessment tool collects information about a student’s physical
activity level and provides teachers a method to teach behavioral
skills so that students can maintain or attain their recommended
physical activity level.
❖ We are working with Human Kinetics, a publisher of physical
activity information products, to expand FITNESSGRAM into
the U.K. and Australia. The New York City project may help
us with non-English speaking Europe, because the New York
City project involved translating the FITNESSGRAM reports
into eight languages. A collaboration with a group of individuals
in Sao Paulo, Brazil to enhance physical activity and fitness
programs in that country has allowed FITNESSGRAM to be
translated into Portuguese.
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The Cooper Institute
Statement of Financial Position
(Unaudited)
June 30, 2006
Temporarily
Permanently
Unrestricted
Restricted
Restricted
R
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Investments
Accounts receivable
Prepaids and deposits
Total current assets
Property and equipment:
Land
Building and improvements
Computer equipment
Laboratory equipment
Office equipment
Less accumulated depreciation
Total assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Deferred contract revenue
Seminar deposits
Total current liabilities
$ 208,870
7,086,053
943,113
141,512
8,379,548
1,909,350
5,380,032
844,023
222,325
763,927
9,119,657
(3,611,177)
5,508,480
$13,888,028 $ 708,966
368,287
94,718
1,171,971
$
$
For full audit report, log onto our
website at www.cooperinst.org.
Total
2,094,591
4,506,154
2,094,591
4,506,154
$ 2,094,591
$ 4,506,154
$
$
$ 208,870
13,686,798
943,113
141,512
14,980,293
Comparative Totals at
June 30,
2005
$
673,514
11,597,335
805,666
159,032
13,235,547
1,909,350
5,380,032
844,023
222,325
763,927
9,119,657
(3,611,177)
5,508,480
$20,488,773 1,909,350
5,364,987
915,886
237,740
819,335
9,247,298
(3,377,346)
5,869,952
$19,105,499
$ 708,966
368,287
94,718
1,171,971
$ 1,196,768
486,349
98,177
1,781,294
Commitments and contingencies
Net assets:
Unrestricted – unappropriated
Unrestricted – board appropriated
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
5,832,476
6,883,581
5,832,476
6,883,581
2,094,591
4,506,154
19,316,802
2,094,591
12,716,057
$13,888,028
4,506,154
4,506,154
2,094,591
$ 2,094,591
$ 4,506,154
$20,488,773
5,671,734
6,056,697
1,652,620
3,943,154
17,324,205
$19,105,499
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Statement of Activities
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Year ended June 30, 2006
Temporarily
Permanently
Restricted
Restricted
Unrestricted
Support and revenue:
Contributions and grants, net
Epidemiology and clinical application
Computer services and youth fitness
Continuing education and certification
Tenant
Total support and revenue
Expenses:
Salaries, wages, and benefits
Facilities rental and maintenance
Depreciation
General and administrative
Total expenses
Nonoperating activities:
Net realized and unrealized gains on
investments
Interest and investment income, net
Increase in net assets from nonoperating
activities
Net assets released from restrictions
Increase in net assets before discontinued
operations
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
discontinued operations – Denver office, net
Increase in net assets
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$
555,500
555,500
$ 563,000
Comparative Totals for
the Year ended
June 30,
2005
Total
563,000
5,549,200
604,905
389,572
1,952,269
8,495,946
Increase (decrease) in net assets from continuing
operations
Net assets at beginning of year
Net assets at end of year
$ 4,128,453
731,911
327,189
2,695,614
210,163
8,093,330
For full audit report, log onto our
website at www.cooperinst.org.
$ 5,786,234
935,585
210,689
2,114,557
223,023
9,270,088
5,549,200
604,905
389,572
1,952,269
8,495,946
5,382,429
536,609
404,287
1,417,978
7,741,303
715,884
1,528,785
(402,616)
555,500
600,420
297,587
205,402
101,758
805,822
399,345
517,254
172,771
898,007
307,160
1,205,167
690,025
420,689
(420,689)
916,080
441,971
563,000
1,921,051
2,218,810
71,546
987,626
441,971
563,000
71,546
1,992,597
(1,327,953)
890,857
11,728,431
$ 12,716,057
1,652,620
$ 2,094,591
563,000
$ 5,246,953
731,911
327,189
2,695,614
210,163
9,211,830
3,943,154
$ 4,506,154
17,324,205
$ 19,316,802
–
16,433,348
$ 17,324,205
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Statement of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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website at www.cooperinst.org.
Operating Activities
Increase in net assets
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets to net cash provided by operating activities, including
discontinued operations:
Depreciation
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments
Interest and investment income, net
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Prepaids and deposits
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Deferred contract revenue
Seminar deposits
Net cash provided by operating activities
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment
Purchases of investments
Proceeds from sales or maturities of investments
Net cash used in investing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Year ended June 30
2006
$ 1,992,597
2005
$ 890,857
389,572
(805,822)
(399,345)
404,287
(517,254)
(172,771)
(137,447)
17,520
(487,802)
(118,062)
(3,459)
447,752
1,133,170
(48,370)
360,327
90,146
11,735
2,152,127
(28,100)
(9,853,665)
8,969,369
(912,396)
(154,196)
(2,136,178)
624,102
(1,666,272)
(464,644)
673,514
$ 208,870 485,855
187,659
673,514
$
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Support and Revenue Mix
Functional Expense Mix
3-Year Trend
12.50%
12.30%
9.60%
10.60%
Year Ended June 30, 2006
4.3%
20.80%
22.7%
12.70%
58.10%
50.50%
13.30%
19.20%
23.00%
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
n Contributions
n Contracts
33.50%
n Grants
n Prod Sales/Royalties
73.0%
n Tuition
n Facilities/Tenant
This chart shows the sources of funds (in percentages) during fiscal year 2006
from operations (endowment earnings not included). There is no significant
change in total support when compared to the previous year.
Fund-Raising Efficiency
n Program Services n Administrative n Fundraising
This chart shows the percentage of total resources invested directly in support
of our mission (program services). Fiscal year 2006 shows a slight increase over
fiscal year 2005. A Charity Navigator benchmark is 66% minimum for program
services. The median for all nonprofit entities is 7.5% fundraising expense.
Net Assets and Permanent Endowment Fund
(Cost to Raise $100)
5-Year Trend
$20.0
$18.0
19.3
$18.0
$17.3
$16.0
17.3
$16.0
$14.0
$14.0
$12.0
$12.0
$10.0
$10.0
16.4
14.7
13.9
$8.0
$8.0
$6.0
$6.0
$4.0
$4.0
$2.0
$0.0
$2.0
$0.0
5-Year Trend
Millions
FY2002
FY2003
FY2004
FY2005
FY2004
FY2005
FY2006
Total net assets have steadily increased. Gifts to the Permanent Endowment Fund
have modestly increased during the same time period.
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FY2003
n Total Net Assets n Permanent Endowment Fund
FY2006
The Institute increased fundraising efforts three years ago to build its endowment. While the fundraising costs have increased during the past three years, so
have fundraising results. The median fundraising efficiency for all nonprofit entities is $10, according to Charity Navigator.
FY2002
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Bill & Rita Morgan
Jim & Melba Morrow
Dr. Michael & Deborah Moses
Richard T. Mullen
Merle & Oslin Nation
National Liberty Corporation
Alice & Erle Nye
John W. O’Flaherty
William W. Pearson
John J. Pippin, MD
Presbyterian Healthcare
Foundation
Dr. Thana Pukahuta
Jose T. Rael
Mr. & Mrs. Verne R. Read
Susan & Alan Steelman
Pam & Bob Stewart
Frank Ribelin & Evelyn Stoffel
James E. Robison Foundation
W. Duke Rosenberg, Jr.
Tom Sanders
Harmon Schepps
Arthur R. Schulze, Jr.
Peter H. Shaddock
In memory of: W.A. Simms
Carl W. Sisco
Drs. Marvin & Lana Skelton
James A. Skinner
Donald E. Smith
Jane M. & Henry J. (Bud) Smith
Foundation
SMH Entertainment Inc.
Stella W. & Walter B. Smith, Jr.
Theodore G. Solomon
David Somerville
State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
Alan W. Steelman
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M.
Stinchcomb
Gayle & Paul Stoffel
David Stringfield
Sunshine Mining Company
Stanley Surlow
William & Nancy Swaney
R.M. Swesnik
Isao Takeuchi
Willis M. Tate
Texas Commerce Bank
Texas Health Resources
Richard Thrower
Twenty-First Century Speakers
Mr. & Mrs. George M.
Underwood, III
Washington Discussion Group
Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Watkins
Lee Wehrman
Ted C. Weill
Charles N. Welsh
Bob Whittaker
Dr. & Mrs. Phil Williams
Dr. & Mrs. Klaus C. Wiemer
Joel & Shelley Woodburn
President’s Club
Albert A. Ackil, MD
Gordon L. Adams
Irving Adelstein
Advanced Metabolic Imaging
David G. Allen
Faytine Allen
Armed Forces Communication &
Electronics Association
Jodie Ashby
American Bank
Louise Balla
Bally Total Fitness
Sanford Bank
Sandy Barrett
Clarence R. Bass
Turner B. Baxter
Dr. James Bergschneider
Drs. Christy & Robert Berry
Arthur S. Bird
James P. Blakely
Julie and Darren Blanton
Milton Joseph Bolling, III
John Stanley Booth
Harry Boris
James Allen Bowers, Jr.
Don K. Box
Dr. James D. Bozzell
James C. Bradford
Maree C. Brady
George J. Breckenridge
Dr. Lester Breslow
Roy Briggs
Mr. & Mrs. Loren D. Brodhead
Jane H. Browning
Marilynn G. Burmeister
George W. Bush
Clifford Buskuhl
Susan J. Campbell, PhD
Robyn Carafiol
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman &
Blumenthal, LLP
Donald P. Casey
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Casey
Tracy R. Cate
Chemical Producers &
Distributors Assoc.
Brad Cheves / SMU
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Church
Robert Coates
Ray Cole
Jennifer Coleman Stribling
Collin County Christian Prayer
Breakfast Group
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Conner
Cooper Aerobics Enterprises, Inc.
Coopers & Lybrand
Michael W. Copps
Lou Ann & Mike Corboy
Richard E. Cremer
Cronus Industries, Inc.
Frank Crossen
Stanley Lee Crossman
Mr. & Mrs. D.R. Crowley, Jr.
The Crowley-Shanahan
Foundation
Nick Daley
Dallas Bldg. Owners & Mgrs.
The Dallas Mavericks
Patrick & Kitty dePamphilis
John A. DesRochers
Bob & Karen Dobbs
Lilly Dodson
Allen J. Dogger
Carolyn & Mark Donovan
Donald K. Dorini
Herbert Dow
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
Phillip Dowdle, DDS
Lee R. Duffner, MD
Jeanne Dunlap
C.W. Durham
Durr-Fillauer Medical, Inc.
E-Systems, Inc.
Mrs. William Edell
Tucker & Rich Enthoven
Mr. & Mrs. George B. Eusterman
Dr. Buckner Fanning
Laura & Steve Fast
Alphonse Felderhoff
Jules H. Fine
Dr. Latham Flanagan, Jr.
Michael J. Floyd
Jane Fonda
Julia & Richard Ford
Mickey E. Fouts
Sol Friend
Thomas F. Frist, Jr. MD
Parrish Fuller
W.M. Fuller
Nancy Galletta
Jim Gallman, DDS
Dr. Ronald D. Geb
Jackie & Michael George
Elizabeth B. Gertz
Neil V. Getnick
Dr. Andy Gibbons
Mrs. Kim Goldstrohm
Earl D. Goodman
James W. Goreman
Charles Graham, MD
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Grant
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Green
H.J. Greenlee, Jr.
Everett J. Grindstaff
Marcelo Gumucio
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Guthrie
Ilona Gyoergyi-Szabo
Donald Ray Haas
Wallace Hall
Richard L. Halpert
Carolyn L. Hargrave
Debra & John E. Harper
Mr. & Mrs. Albert G. Harris
James D. Harvey
James A. Hazard, DDS
Mike Heath
H.E.B./ Central Market
Joel Hedge
Thomas V. Hensey
Margaret Hensley
David Hentschel
Paul M. Hillar
Garry & Kathleen Hodges
Donald Hodgkiss
Franz Holscher
Jane Hooker
James B. Horan
J. Ronald Horowitz
Vester T. Hughes, Jr., Esq.
Independent Bankers Association
of America
Gonzalo Ingle
Lt. Col Harold A. Jacobs
Otis Lee James, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Jeffet
Thomas N.P. Johnson, III
Phillip R. Johnsson
Herb Jones
Dr. Teresa K. Jones
Dr. Wayne Jones
Carole Jordan
Richard F. Kahle, Jr.
Charlotte Kasdon
Herbert D. Katz
Harold C. Kaufman
Gary R. Keiser
James L. Kerrigan
Mr. & Mrs. Barron Kidd
Dr. John E. Kidwell
John C. Kikol
Allan C. King
Teri C. King
Caren & Peter Kline
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Kozmetsky
William E. Kuse
Jack W. LaDue
Sharad & Rashmi Lakhanpal
Shelley & Mike LaMonte
Ruth B. Leff
G.M. Lehnertz
Charles B. Leonard
Harold R. Lilley
Locke Purnell Rain Harrell
LTV Foundation
M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation
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Louis J. Maher
Guillermo Marmol
A. Deloach Martin, Jr.
Richard A. Massman
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David McNabb
D.P. McNelly
Memorial Healthcare System
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Nelson Puett Foundation
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James L. Ough, MD
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Eugene J. Sommerfelt
Mr. & Mrs. Norm Sonju
Southwestern Bell Telephone
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The St. Paul Companies, Inc.
David C. Steele, DDS
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Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Stiles
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Storage Technology Corporation
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Louis Sullivan, MD
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Kazuo Takada, MD
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George M. Waddell
Penelope Wadkins
William Waisane
Robert H. Waldie, MD
William D. Warren
Robin K. Wendell
Danny & Zara Wettreich
Gene Whiddon
John F. White
David M. Wilds
Hermann Winkelmann
Winning Habits, Inc.
Reverend & Mrs. Otha
Winningham
Beth Barlow Wright
Earnest E. Wright
Henry S. Zaytoun, DDS
…and ends with our donors.
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