Fred Roper received his PhD. in Library Science at Indiana University. He is a Fellow of the Special Library Association, immediate Past-President of the Medical Library Association, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Library and Information Science Education.
Dean Roper taught health sciences librarianship and information resources and services. He is co-author of Introduction to References Sources in Health Sciences, and his research was in the areas of health sciences librarianship and trade bibliography.