- Date Of Birth: February 29, 1948
- Date Of Death: May 8, 2021
- State: Colorado
Tom Cope, age 73, passed away at home May 8, 2021 after an 18 month battle with leukemia.
Born February 29, 1948 in Oak Park, Illinois to Myra Norma (Lees) and Benjamin Thomas Cope Jr., Tom graduated from Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and attended the University of Denver, where he received his BA (1970), JD (1974) and MA (1976). He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, and for many years was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP (formerly Holme Roberts & Owen LLP) focusing on natural resource and environmental law before he retired to travel the world. Tom also worked as chief of party for ABA-CEELI in Moldova from 2002-2003.
Like many transplants to Colorado, Tom loved the mountains and developed a passion for climbing. He climbed all 54 Fourteeners as well as numerous other peaks and high points in Colorado and across the world.
In March of 1970, Tom married his high school sweetheart, Ann Wattis and they recently celebrated 51 years of marriage. They had two children, Beth Whitenight and Philip Cope and two beloved grandsons, George Whitenight and Oliver Cope. Tom is also survived by his sister, Susan Cope (Jerry Poissant) and numerous nieces and nephews and godchildren and many friends across the world.
