Background
Cook, Charles Davenport was born on November 30, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Henry W. and Ellen (Davenport) Cook.
Cook, Charles Davenport was born on November 30, 1919 in Minneapolis. Son of Henry W. and Ellen (Davenport) Cook.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1941; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1944; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1964.
Intern, University of Minnesota Hospital, 1944-1945;
fellow, Mayo Clinic, 1945-1946;
resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1948-1949;
chief resident, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1949-1951;
associate clinical professor pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1963-1964;
professor, department chairman pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, 1964-1974;
visiting professor, U. Connecticut Health Center, 1974-1975;
professor pediatrics, Downstate Medical Center, State University New York, Brooklyn, 1975-1981;
department chairman, Downstate Medical Center, State University New York, 1975-1981;
Edward H. Townsend, Junior emeritus professor pediatrics, U. Rochester, New York, since 1990;
chief pediatrics, Rochester (New York) General Hospital, 1982-1990;
chief pediatrics, Anthony Jordan Health Center, Rochester, New York, 1990-1992;
lecturer department pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, New Haven, since 1992;
lecturer department pediatrics, Yale School Nursing, New Haven, since 1995;
pediatrician, Hill Health Center, New Haven, 1993-1994. Visiting scholar Japan Society Promotion of Science, Nagoya, 1974. Visiting professor Ben Gurion U. Negev, Beersheva, Israel, 1976, U. Hong Kong, 1989.
President Monroe County Board Health, 1989-1991. Health director Town of Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1994-1996.
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1945-1947. Member American Pediatric Society (secretary, treasurer 1964-1975).
Married Carolyn Crowther, June 12, 1976. 1 child, Deborah; children by previous marriage: Andrew D., Sheila D., Peter G., Charles Davenport II. Stepchildren: Peter C. Brinzey, Christopher F. Brinzey.