Background
Cook, Donald Lloyd was born on January 7, 1948 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Son of Orwin Seymour and Muriel Harriet (Veurink) Cook.
federal agency administrator physicist
Cook, Donald Lloyd was born on January 7, 1948 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Son of Orwin Seymour and Muriel Harriet (Veurink) Cook.
Biosystems Engineering, University of Michigan, 1970; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976.
Staff member Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1976-1977, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, 1977-1981, supervisor, 1981-1984. Manager Sandia Fusion Research Department Sandia National Labs, 1984—1993. Director pulsed power sciences Sandia National Laboratories, 1993—1999, director Microsystems & Engineering Sciences Applications (Mining Enforcement And Safety Administration) Program Center, 1999—2005.
Managing director, Chief Executive Officer Atomic Weapons Establishmnt, England, 2006—2009. Principal deputy administrator for military application United States Department Energy, Washington, 2009—2010, deputy administrator for defense programs, since 2010. Conference Chairman United States Department Energy Inertial Confinement Fusion Physics Conference, 1986, 91.
Sandia National Laboratories chairman United Way, 1990. Member American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society (chair fusion energy division 1989-1990), Sigma Xi. Fellow American Association Advancement of Science, Institute of Physics (IOP).
Married Margaret Ann Kramer, February 12, 1972. Children: Julia Allison, Cynthia Lauren.