Kenneth Lloyd Cooke

Background

Cooke, Kenneth Lloyd was born on August 13, 1925 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Sidney Kenneth and Mildred Blanche (Brown) Cooke.

Education

Bachelor, Pomona College, 1947; Master of Science, Stanford, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1952.

Career

Instructor, then assistant professor mathematics, State College Washington, Pullman, 1950-1957; member of faculty, Pomona College, 1957-1993; Joseph N. Fiske professor mathematics, Pomona College, since 1963; department chairman, Pomona College, 1961-1971; Warner Bros. Keck distinguished service professor, Pomona College, 1985-1993. Consultant Research and Development Corporation, 1956-1965.

Mathematician Research Institute Advanced Studies, Baltimore, 1963-1964. National Science Foundation science faculty fellow Stanford, 1966-1967. Fulbright research scholar U. Florence, Italy, 1971-1972.

Visiting professor Brown U., 1978-1979, Institute Mathematics Applications, University of Minnesota, 1983, Cornell Univercity, 1987. Fulbright lecturer U. São Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil, 1987.

Achievements

• Kenneth Lloyd Cooke has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Algorithms Graphs and Computers
  • Differential-Difference Equations

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Society Mathematics Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Sarah Burgess, August 18, 1950. Children: Catherine Sarah, Robert K., Susan E.

Father:

Sidney Kenneth Cooke

Mother:

Mildred Blanche (Brown) Cooke

Spouse:

Margaret Sarah Burgess

child:

Susan E. Cooke

child:

Robert K. Cooke

child:

Catherine Sarah Cooke