Background
Cooke, Anson Richard was born on January 12, 1926 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard Anson and Ruth (Livingstone) Cooke.
Cooke, Anson Richard was born on January 12, 1926 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard Anson and Ruth (Livingstone) Cooke.
Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, 1949. Master of Science, University Massachusetts, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1953.
Assistant professor University Hawaii, 1953—1955, Oklahoma State University, 1955—1956. Research plant physiologist E.I. duPont, Wilmington, Delaware, 1957—1963. Director biological research Amchem Products, Inc., Ambler, Pennsylvania, 1963—1977.
Group leader Union Carbide Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1977—1985, associate director biological science, 1985—1987, agricultural consultant Durham, North Carolina, since 1987. Member science advisory board Auxein Corporation, since 1996. Editor Proceedings Plant Growth Regulator Society, 1980—1987.
With United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946.
Member American Chemical Society, Plant Growth Regulator Society American (Executive officer), American Society Plant Physiologists, WeedSci. Society American; Clubs: Chapel Hill Bird, Central North Carolina Mineral.
Married Catherine Cecelia Murphy, June 5, 1948. Children: Paula Ruth, Anson Douglas, James Richard, Dwayne Robert.