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John Williston Cook

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John Williston Cook

Birth
Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
15 Jul 1922 (aged 78)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.4683759, Longitude: -88.9888555
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Illinois State University President 1890-1899.

Northern Illinois University President 1899- 1919.

According to the Illinois State University Yearbook,1892, John W. Cook was born in Oneida county, New York, and moved to Kappa, McLean in 1853. He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1865. He worked as a principal in Brimfield, Peoria county, Illinois and at the model department of the I.S.N.U. He became a professor of various subjects, including History, Geography, Mathematics, and Physics until he assumed the Presidency at Illinois State University in 1890.

Illinois State University President 1890-1899.

Northern Illinois University President 1899- 1919.

According to the Illinois State University Yearbook,1892, John W. Cook was born in Oneida county, New York, and moved to Kappa, McLean in 1853. He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1865. He worked as a principal in Brimfield, Peoria county, Illinois and at the model department of the I.S.N.U. He became a professor of various subjects, including History, Geography, Mathematics, and Physics until he assumed the Presidency at Illinois State University in 1890.



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