Nelson M. Cooke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNelson M. Cooke
American businessman
Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1903
Place of Birth: Davis City, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 30-Nov-1965
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Nelson M. Cooke
- Nelson Magor Cooke (28 November 1903 – 30 November 1965) was a leader in developing electronic schools of the United States Navy, the recipient of the Navy Commendation Medal and Medal for Humane Action, a post-war engineering entrepreneur, and an author of books on applied mathematics and basic electronics. Cooke was born in Davis City, Iowa, son of Jacob and Lena Stoneburner Cooke.
- Orphaned at 12, he was raised by relatives.
- He enlisted in the U.S.
- Navy as an Apprentice Seaman on 22 November 1920, and progressively rose in rank through Petty Officer and Warrant Officer to Lieutenant Commander before retiring on 1 May 1951.
- After leaving the Navy, he formed and operated his own engineering firm.
- Cooke began professional writing in 1934, and continued with multiple-edition technical books throughout his life.
- He was married to Catherine Elizabeth Rice of Washington, DC, in 1926; they had one daughter, Isabelle E.
- Cooke, born in 1931.
- Nelson Magor Cooke died of leukemia at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in November 1965; his home at that time was in Great Falls, Virginia.
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