Howard Milligan Cooper Howard Milligan Cooper, of Lumberton, NC, was recently elected to the Campbell University Presidential Board of Advisors.
Cooper is a retired farmer, merchant, and real estate developer.
A former lay leader for the Wilmington, Fayetteville, and Rockingham districts, Cooper is a current board member and former chairman of the Administrative Board of the Chestnut Street United Methodist Church in Lumberton. He has also served as superintendent of Sunday school and as a member of the Building Committee. Cooper currently serves as a member of the church's Endowment Fund Committee. Active in community affairs, Cooper was a member of the Lumberton City Council, the Lumberton City Board of Education, and chairman of the Robeson County Commission. He was also a member of the county's Board of Agricultural Stabilization and the Lumberton Committee of 100.