Health Care Provider
Cooper is credited with reshaping health care for the poor in his native city. In 1972, he secured funds for the establishment of a comprehensive health center for the city's indigent and served as its executive director. Under his management, it grew into the Westside-Urban Health Center, a major medical resource.
In 1984, Cooper became one of the first black members of Memorial Medical Center's board of directors. In 1995, he became chairman of that same board. He also was the chairman of the Chatham County Hospital Authority twice and he served on the Georgia State Access to Health Care Commission and the Georgia State Health Strategies Council.
There are currently three Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care facilities. They are located at:
- 106 East Broad Street (near Broughton Street in Savannah's Historic District);
- 840 Hitch Drive;
- 2 Roberts Street (on the corner of West Bay Street near Garden City, Georgia).
Read more about this topic: Curtis Cooper (civil Rights Leader)
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