Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the founder of aerobics, is recognized as the leader of the international physical fitness movement and credited with motivating more people to exercise in pursuit of good health than any other person, leads the multi-division Cooper Aerobics Center. He holds a B.S. degree and an M.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma as well as an M.P.H. degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health, and he is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. A 650-person staff shares Dr. Cooper’s mission to educate and encourage optimum health in as many segments of the population as possible.