John F. Cooper-Mullin ’75 died on March 29, 2011, in Irvington, New York.
(The following was provided by The New York Times in March 31, 2011:)
COOPER-MULLIN–John Fulham, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Irvington, New York, on March 29, 2011. He was 58. John was born February 10, 1953, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Margaret Fulham Mullin and Samuel Stephen Mullin (deceased). He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland in 1971 and graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College with a degree in History and Economics in 1975. At Bowdoin John was an outstanding thespian, winning the George H. Quinby Award and the Abraham Goldberg Prize. In 1979 he received an MBA from Columbia Business School. John was a Managing Director at Rothschild, Inc. from 1989 until 2000. He left to establish Redwall Partners, a firm specializing in international transactions and recapitalizations. A division of RP&C International (Securities) Inc., Redwall has offices in New York and London. John was a founding member of the Irvington Education Association and served on the Irvington Business Committee as well. He was a member of The Scarsdale Congregational Church and served as treasurer of Broadway Housing Communities. He was a regular in the Irvington men’s Sunday morning basketball game and an avid biker, kayaker, and skier. John was blessed with a beautiful singing voice that brought joy to many. He loved debate and never shied away from a political discussion. He is survived by his college sweetheart and wife Alison; their daughters Emma, Clara, Elizabeth, and Rebecca; his mother; his brother Sam and his sisters Ann, Mary, Margaret, and Barbara and their spouses; his mother-in-law and father-in-law Gloria and Wally Cooper; his sister-in-law Julie and her spouse; and his twenty-one loving nephews and nieces.