Background
Cooke, Lloyd Miller was born on June 7, 1916 in LaSalle, Illinois, United States. Son of William Wilson and Anna (Miller) Cooke.
Cooke, Lloyd Miller was born on June 7, 1916 in LaSalle, Illinois, United States. Son of William Wilson and Anna (Miller) Cooke.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1941. Doctor of Laws (honorary), College of Ganado.
Lecturer, McGill University, 1941-1942;
section leader, Corn Products Refining Company, Argo, Illinois, 1942-1946;
group leader, Films Packaging division Union Carbide Corporation, Chicago, 1946-1949;
department manager, Films Packaging division Union Carbide Corporation, 1950-1954;
assistant to manager technical division, Films Packaging division Union Carbide Corporation, 1954-1957;
assistant director research, Films Packaging division Union Carbide Corporation, 1957-1965;
manager market research, Films Packaging division Union Carbide Corporation, 1965-1967;
manager planning, Films Packaging division Union Carbide Corporation, 1967-1970;
director urban affairs, Union Carbide Corporation, New York City, 1970-1978;
corporation director university relations, Union Carbide Corporation, New York City, 1973-1976;
corporation director community affairs, Union Carbide Corporation, 1976-1977;
senior consultant, Union Carbide Corporation, 1978-1981. Member National Science Board, 1970-1982. Consultant Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1972-1979, National Science Foundation, since 1991.
Vice chairman Economics Development Council of New York, 1978-1981. President National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering, 1981-1983, president emeritus, 1983-1990. Consultant International Foundation on Edition and Self-Help, 1984-1987, K-12 math and science curricula, since 1986.
President LMC Associations, 1988-1998.
Member Community Conference Board, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1968-1970. Trustee McCormick Theological Seminary, 1976-1980, New York Foundation for Science and Technology, 1985-1995, New York Hall of Science, 1985-1990, New York City Commission Science and Technology, 1985-1990. Fellow American Institute Chemists (honor scroll Chicago), New York Academy of Sciences.
Member American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago Chemists Club, New York City Chemists Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Kappa Chi.
Married Vera E. Schlegel, June 29, 1957. Children: Barbara Anne Williams, William E.