Patrick Louis Cooney most recently found success as a published author and the marketing executive for many publishing firms between 1980 and 1989.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY, April 02, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Patrick Louis Cooney with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Cooney celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Supported by years of experience and educational training in the field of sociology, Dr. Cooney most recently found success as a published author and the marketing executive for many publishing firms between 1980 and 1989. After securing a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Florida State University in 1969, he obtained a Master of Arts as well as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas in 1976. During this time, he was also presented with a Dissertation fellowship from the Sweden-American Institute in New York, NY, from 1973 to 1974, which led to the start of his career in Bronx, NY, as an assistant professor of sociology at the College of Mount Saint Vincent from 1975 to 1977. Soon thereafter, Dr. Cooney earned a Master of Business Administration from Fordham University in 1979. He also served in the Army National Guard from 1966 to 1973.
Dr. Cooney excelled as an author, publishing his first book, "Discovering the Mid-Atlantic: Historical Tours" in 1991. Furthermore, he authored many other works including "The Life and Times of the Prophet Vernon Johns: Father of the Civil Rights Movement" in 1998, "The Role of Multiculturalism in Establishing a New Period of Separate but Equal Segregation in the United States: A Comparison of the Periods After and First and Second Civil Wars" in 1997 and "Seeing the United States as the South and the World Community of the North: Using the Approach of Martin Luther King Junior to Invigorate the Next Civil Rights Movement" in 1994. He has also contributed as a co-editor to the book, "Witness to Civil Rights History: The Essays and Autobiography of Henry W. Powell" in 2001.
A certified field botanist since 1953, Dr. Cooney maintains a lifetime membership with the Torrey Botanical Society, for which he has developed websites dedicated to botany in the Tri-State areas, and served as the chairperson of the field committee. Additionally, he is affiliated with Phi Beta Kappa. Likewise, Dr. Cooney was appointed to speak at the Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence in White Plains, NY, in 1994.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Patrick Cooney has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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