Is Martin Cooper Married?

Question

I'm doing a report on him and I was wondering if he was married or if he has kids. In my research I found out he is born on December 26, 1926 in Chicago, is this info right too?

Answer 1

Martin Cooper was born in Liverpool in 1958 and studied art at the Laird School of Art in Birkenhead. This was followed by three years at the Sheffield College of Art where he obtained a first class honours degree in Fine Arts in 1980.



Between 1980 and 1989 Martin was a member of the highly successful pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. As part of OMD Martin performed and toured with the band extensively throughout Europe and the USA.



The band achieved a number of chart successes both in the UK and internationally, including Architecture And Morality - one of the most successful albums of the 1980's. The album also spawned Souvenir, co-written by Martin, a single which reached No. 3 in the UK charts. It also managed to reach No. 1 in France, Spain and Portugal.



From 1990 Martin was part of The Listening Pool, the band he formed with ex-OMD members Paul Humphreys and Mal Holmes. Forming their own label Telegraph Records, they released the critically acclaimed album Still Life.



Since leaving the group, Martin has devoted most his time and energy to his painting. Many of his works are still life pictures, usually in oils, which are acutely observed and convey a great sense of harmony and tranquillity.



Martin has exhibited extensively, both in the UK and overseas, and his pictures hang in many private collections. In recent years he has exhibited at the Williamson Art Gallery (Birkenhead), the Royal Academy of Arts (London), the David Messum Fine Art Gallery (London), W H Patterson (London), Woodhay Picture Gallery (Newbury), Llewellyn Alexander (London), the Brian Sinfield Gallery (Compton Cassey Galleries), Sarah Samuals Fine Art (Chester), Heritage House (Bermuda) and the Fel Gallery (Singapore).



In 1998 Martin was awarded the sponsors prize in the Discerning Eye exhibition which was held at The Mall Gallery in London.



Martin lives in Greasby, Merseyside with his wife, Alexandra Bibby, a classical pianist, and their two sons.

Answer 2

Martin Cooper Omd

Answer 3

Martin Cooper

ArrayComm Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder

A pioneer in the wireless communications industry, Martin Cooper conceived the first

portable cellular phone in 1973 and led the 10-year process of bringing it to market.

Cooper knew then that people needed the freedom that comes from anywhere, anytime

telephony, in contrast to being tethered to a desk or a car. It is this same central focus

on consumer freedom that drives Cooper’s vision of the wireless Internet.

During 29 years with Motorola, Cooper built and managed both its paging and cellular

businesses and served as Corporate Director of Research and Development. Products

introduced by Cooper have had cumulative sales volume of more than $80 billion.

Upon leaving Motorola, Cooper co-founded Cellular Business Systems, Inc. and led it to

dominate the cellular billing industry with a 75 percent market share before selling it to

Cincinnati Bell. Cooper has been granted eight patents in the communications field and

has been widely published on various aspects of communications technology and on

management of research and development.

Under Cooper's leadership since its founding in 1992, ArrayComm, Inc. has grown from

a seed-funded startup in San Jose, Calif., into the world leader in smart antenna

technology. Today, ArrayComm is using its technology expertise, including 250 patents

issued or pending, to develop and deploy the i-BURST mobile broadband wireless

Internet access system. The i-BURST system offers a revolutionary Internet experience,

combining the freedom of mobility with transmission speeds similar to a typical home

broadband DSL line, all at prices competitive with today’s wireline connections.

Cooper received the American Computer Museum’s George R. Stibitz Computer and

Communications Pioneer Award in 2002, he was an inaugural member of RCR's

Wireless Hall of Fame, Red Herring magazine named him one of the Top 10

Entrepreneurs of 2000, and Wireless Systems Design provided him with the 2002

Industry Leader award. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from

Illinois Institute of Technology.

Answer 4

Who is Martin Cooper? Why would We know, or care?



Edit: It looks like the first answerer is "doing YOUR homework".