Illinois SR 699: MEMORIAL-WARREN B. COOPER JR.

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SR0699LRB104 21306 MST 36119 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Warren Bell Cooper Jr., who passed 

4away on January 10, 2026; and

5 WHEREAS, Warren Cooper was born in Chicago to Warren Bell 

6Cooper Sr. and Sylvia Irene Rimmer in 1953; he grew up working 

7in his father's construction company and attended Arizona 

8State University on a football scholarship, where he received 

9his undergraduate degree in business administration and 

10completed work towards a master's degree in the same subject; 

11he attended the Saint Louis University School of Law from 1976 

12to 1978; and

13 WHEREAS, Warren Cooper joined the Federal Aviation 

14Administration as an air traffic control specialist at O'Hare 

15International Airport in 1980, the first African American 

16controller certified for O'Hare; he served as an air traffic 

17control specialist from 1980 to 1983 and then as an air traffic 

18control supervisor from 1983 to 1992, earning the FAA's 

19Exceptional Employee Award; and

20 WHEREAS, Warren Cooper founded ACCU-Lab Medical Testing, 

21Inc. in 1993, establishing the nation's first and only wholly 

22Black-owned forensic drug testing laboratory, which he built 

SR0699- 2 -LRB104 21306 MST 36119 r

1into a nationally respected provider of forensic drug testing 

2services and was the preferred provider of forensic drug 

3testing for the Cook County Adult Probation program for many 

4years; he operated ACCU-Lab until 2019 when he closed the 

5laboratory and devoted himself to his condominium association 

6board that he served since 2011 as a director and later as vice 

7president; his sharp business and financial acumen earned him 

8th