When I first met Superintendent Robert Copeland in a one-on-one advice interview regarding a high school program which I was designing, I addressed him, with all due respect, as Dr. Copeland. Without any hesitation, he graciously corrected me to say that his title was âMr.â and that he did not hold a doctorate. In that first year with Lower Merion School District, the surety and confidence which he demonstrated immediately conveyed to me that he was unpretentious, strategic, and âall business.â - Advertisement - That meeting early in his tenure was followed by participating together on a panel of four educators presenting in the Harriton Career Symposia.