LeRoy Franklin Cook

Background

Cook, LeRoy Franklin was born on December 12, 1931 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Son of LeRoy Franklin and Dorothy (Williams) Cook.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1953; Master of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1959.

Career

Instructor, Princeton University, 1959-1962; assistant professor, Princeton University, 1962-1965; associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1965-1968; professor physics, U. Massachusetts, since 1968; acting head physics Department, University Massachusetts, 1969-1971; head physics and astronomy Department, University Massachusetts, 1971-1975, 79-85. Consultant Institute Defense Analyses, Arlington, Virginia, 1963-1967. Visiting fellow ClareHall, Cambridge U., spring 1972.

Achievements

• LeRoy Franklin Cook has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Executive Committee Great Trails council Boy Scouts American, 1983-1985. Served with Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Fellow American Physical Society (vice chairman New England section 1989-1990, chairman 1990-1991, representative national county 1992-1993, commission on education since 1994).

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Arrelle Janet Rapp, June 16, 1957. Children: Nancy Grace, Laura Arrelle, Andrew LeRoy.

Father:

LeRoy Franklin Cook

Mother:

Dorothy (Williams) Cook

Spouse:

Arrelle Janet Rapp

child:

Andrew LeRoy Cook

child:

Nancy Grace Cook

child:

Laura Arrelle Cook