Dennis Hargrove Cooke
President of East Carolina University
About Dennis Hargrove Cooke
Lived 1904 – 1982 (aged 78). Dennis Hargrove Cooke was an American.
Dennis Hargrove Cooke (February 23, 1904 – March 1982) was the fourth president of what is now East Carolina University. He was born on February 23, 1904, in Maiden, North Carolina. Dr. Cooke received the A.B. degree from Duke University in 1925. He also earned an M.A. degree from Duke in 1928. He was a teaching fellow at Duke University in 1928–29, and a teaching fellow at Peabody College in 1929–30. He then received a doctorate in 1930 from Peabody College.
Before becoming president, Cooke served as an elementary school principal, high school principal, associate professor, and chairman of the Department of Educational Administration. Cooke assumed his duties at East Carolina Teachers College on August 1, 1946, and announced his resignation in May 1947.
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Who was Dennis Hargrove Cooke?
President of East Carolina University
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Dennis Hargrove Cooke was born on 23 February 1904 in Maiden.
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Dennis Hargrove Cooke died on 1 March 1982 in High Point.
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