Background
Cook, Robert Cecil was born on July 6, 1903 in Fayette, Alabama, United States. Son of James Alfred and Athea (McKelvey) Cook.
Cook, Robert Cecil was born on July 6, 1903 in Fayette, Alabama, United States. Son of James Alfred and Athea (McKelvey) Cook.
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State, 1924. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1933, Doctor of Education, 1942.
Teacher and principal of high schools, 1924-1929. Director U. High School, director teacher education, associate professor education U. Mississippi, 1929-1941, dean School Education, director summer session, professor secondary education, 1941-1942. President Mississippi Southern College, 1945-1954.
Vice president, general manager Jackson (Mississippi) State Times, 1955.
President Southeastern Life Insurance Company, 1955-1970. Director University and College Press of Mississippi, 1970-1973.
President Educators’ Biographical Press, Hattiesburg, 1973-1979. District chairman Boy Scouts American.
Member Mississippi Economics Council.
Chairman, State Library Commission, 1968-1972, Mississippi Ednl. television Commission Trustee, Institutions of Higher Learning.
Served 39th Brigade Coast Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, Seattle, December 1942-October 1943. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Ciceronian Circle, Newcomen Society, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega, Pi Kappa Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Mason, Rotarian.
Club: Country.
Married Bonnibel Wood, June 30, 1926. Children: Robert Cecil, Rhetta Louise (Mistress R.T. Dodder).