Background
Cooke, William Bridge was born on July 16, 1908 in Foster, Ohio, United States. Son of William Thomas Hunter and Katharine May (Bridge) Cooke.
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The Fungi of Our Mouldy Earth: A Compilation (Nova Hedwigia Beihefte)
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Ecology Of Fungi
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William Bridge Cooke
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William Bridge Cooke, American Mycologist. Research and publications list of flora and fungi of Mount Shasta, California. Recipient Superior Svc. award Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1960, Excellence award Federal Water Pollution Control Administration unites states department Interior, 1971, Amicus Tironum award North-East Mycological Foray, 1987, Special Svc. award Mycological Society American, 1989.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1937; Master of Science, Oregon State University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington State University, 1950.
Career
Research associate department plant pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, 1950-1951;
mycologist charge fungus studies, Robert A. Taft Water Research Center, unites states department Health, Edition and Welfare, Cincinnati, 1952-1965;
mycologist, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Department Health Education Welfare, 1965-1966;
mycologist, Department Interior, Cincinnati, 1966-1969;
research associate botany department, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1968-1970;
senior research associate, Miami Valley Project, U. Cincinnati
associate with department biological science, Miami Valley Project, U. Cincinnati, since 1970. Visiting professor aquatic microbiology Flathead Lake Biological Station, U. Montana, Bigfork, summer 1974. Cons. Bureau Solid Waste Management, Environmental Protection Agency.
Attended 1stInternat. Mycological Symposium on Taxonomy Fungi U. Madras, India. Chairman.Joint Task Group of Fungi, Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater.
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Membership
Served Quartermaster Corps Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy of Sciences, American Academy Microbiology (charter). Member Mycological Society of America (chairman foray committee), Ecological Society of America, American Institute Biological Sciences, Botanical Society of America, American Society Plant Taxonomy, International Association Plant Taxonomists, California Botanical Society, British Mycological Society, International Society Human and Animal Mycology, Sierra Club (life), California Academy of Sciences (life), Explorers Club.
Connections
Married Vivian Greenwald, June 12, 1942.
