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Discover How Alumnus George Cooper ('66) Found Love and Perspective in Pepperdine's Heidelberg International Program

In 1963, alumnus George Cooper became one of the first students to study in Heidelberg, Germany,  Pepperdine University's inaugural study abroad program. More significantly, he met the love of his life and future wife on this trip. They have been married now for 60 years.

Learn more about their sweet courtship and enduring love, as well as Cooper's evolution from student to chaplain, on Pepperdine University's Newsroom.