KOOPERMAN, Evelyn L. 1945-

PERSONAL: Born November 28, 1945, in San Diego, CA; daughter of Ovide A. (a barber) and Elsie L. (a librarian; maiden name, Andersen) Roy; married Larry Robert Kooperman July 12, 1977. Education: San Diego State College (now University), B.A. (with high honors), 1968; University of California, Los Angeles, M.L.S., 1971. Politics: Democrat. Hobbies and other interests: Playing the cello.

ADDRESSES: Home—7579 Rowena St., San Diego, CA 92119. Office—San Diego Public Library, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101.

CAREER: San Diego Public Library, San Diego, CA, librarian, 1972—.

MEMBER: Congress of History of San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego Historical Society.

WRITINGS:

San Diego Trivia, Silver Gate Publications (San Diego, CA), 1989.

San Diego Trivia 2, Silver Gate Publications (San Diego, CA), 1993.

SIDELIGHTS: Evelyn L. Kooperman told CA: "In 1986 a local radio station contacted the San Diego Public Library, where I work, asking the librarians to submit seventy-five San Diego trivia questions that would be aired over the radio. I am a native San Diegan and have always been interested in local history, so I went to work and came up with 172 questions. Each one led to another, and the result was so addicting that I couldn't stop. I turned up so many tidbits about San Diego that I thought others would enjoy sharing the fun. I continued the research for another two years, adding over 600 more questions and expanding those I already had, and finally I had enough for a book. I was surprised and delighted that San Diego Trivia was a best-selling local book when it came out.

"Three years later a local game company asked if they could use my questions for a trivia game. For that I had to come up with hundreds of new questions. The work was completed in 1991 and was proclaimed by the mayor to be the 'Official Game of the City of San Diego.' After more research on each question I had enough material for a second book, San Diego Trivia 2."