Clarence Edgar Cook

Background

Cook, Clarence Edgar was born on April 27, 1936 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Edgar Marion and Lillie Grey (Hodge) Cook.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Carson-Newman College, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1961; postdoctoral, U. Cambridge, England, 1961.

Career

Chemist, senior chemist, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1962-1968; group leader, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1968-1971; assistant director chemical life science, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1971-1975; director life science bioorganic chemistry, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1975-1980; director bioorganic chemistry, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1980-1985; research vice president, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1983-1996; chief scientist, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, since 1996. Adjunct Professor School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985-1996.

Achievements

• Clarence Edgar Cook has been listed as a notable Research facility scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow New York Academy Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, National Institute on Drug Abuse (biomedical research review committee 1985-1989).

Interests

• Avocation: gardening.

Connections

Married Gail O'Connor McKee, June 1, 1957. Children— David Grey, Lisa O'Connor Priebe, Kevin McKee.

Father:

Edgar Marion Cook

Mother:

Lillie Grey (Hodge) Cook

Spouse:

Gail O'Connor McKee