Background
Cook, Alfred Newton was born on February 22, 1866 in Cornell, Illinois, United States. Son of Ira and Harriett Ann (DeVelbiss) Cook.
Cook, Alfred Newton was born on February 22, 1866 in Cornell, Illinois, United States. Son of Ira and Harriett Ann (DeVelbiss) Cook.
Graduate Geneseo (Illinois) Normal School, 1886. Bachelor of Science, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1890. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1900.
Professor natural sciences, Amity College, College Springs, Iowa, 1892-1894. Professor of chemistry and physics, Upper Iowa University, 1894-1898. Assistant in chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1898-1900.
Professor of chemistry, Morningside College, 1900-1904.
Professor of chemistry, University of South. Dakota, 1904-1920. Professor of chemistry, Occidental College, Los Angeles, since 1924.
State food and drug commissioner, South. Dak, 1909-1913.
Mason. Deceased.
Married Annie G. McClelland, July 10, 1894. Children: Herbert Edward, Harold Lewis.