George B. Hooper, Ph.D., 86, died Saturday, February 26, 2011. Dr. Hooper was a 1949 graduate of Seton Hall University, and went on to receive his Doctorate in Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University in 1956. He began his teaching career at Princeton and moved to New York in 1957, when he became an Assistant Professor at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. Dr. Hooper started teaching at Marist College in Poughkeepsie in 1960. He was a Professor Emeritus and Heritage Professor, who had a 31-year-long commitment to Marist as a professor and administrator in the Division of Natural Sciences. He enjoyed spending time in the southwest United States, and during one of his sabbaticals, he taught at ASU. He is survived by his wife, four children, seven grandchildren, one great grandson, two brothers and several nieces and nephews.