Background
Cook, Harold James was born on July 31, 1887 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Son of James Henry and Kate (Graham) Cook.
Cook, Harold James was born on July 31, 1887 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. Son of James Henry and Kate (Graham) Cook.
Student of University Nebraska, 1907-1908. Columbia, 1909-1910; laboratory research, American Museum Natural History, New York, 1909-1910.
Rancher, Nebraska since boyhood. Became member Nebraska State Geological Survey, 1906. Field staff, American Museum Natural History, 1909.
Curator of paleontology, Colorado Museum Natural History, Denver, 1925-1930.
Special lecturer Chadron (Nebraska) State Normal College, 1925-1926, Western State College, Colorado, 1929. Participant owner, director Cook Museum Natural History.
Custodian Scotts Bluff National Monument, 1934-1935.
Member Nebraska State Park Board Charter. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nature Association, American Society Mammalogists. Member Southwestern Colorado Archaeological
Society, American Museum Natural History (honorary life), Paleontological Society American, International Society Archaeology, Nebraska State History Society, National Institute Social Sciences, American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Forest Association, Nebraska Academy Science, Colorado-Wyoming Academy Science, Society Economics Paleontologists, Archaeological
Institute American, Nebraska Alumni Association, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Phi Sigma, Delta Sigma. Member Texas Archaeological and Paleontological Society Company-Author: Fossil Vertebrates in American Museum of Natural History, 1915.
Married Eleanor Barbour, October 13, 1910. Children: Margaret, Dorothy, Winifred, Eleanor.