History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors . - was president of Berea and his brother James at Oberlin. 4l2 History or^ Michigan agricultural college. To illustrate his unselfishness: at one time while president of KansasAgricultural College, the Board voted to raise his salary, which he declinedto accept, with the remark that the professors of the College needed themoney more than he did. Much of the above was furnished by his son, David G. of Washington, D. C. Albert John Cook, M. S., D. S., was born on his fathers farm nearOwosso, Augus
History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors . - was president of Berea and his brother James at Oberlin. 4l2 History or^ Michigan agricultural college. To illustrate his unselfishness: at one time while president of KansasAgricultural College, the Board voted to raise his salary, which he declinedto accept, with the remark that the professors of the College needed themoney more than he did. Much of the above was furnished by his son, David G. of Washington, D. C. Albert John Cook, M. S., D. S., was born on his fathers farm nearOwosso, August 30, 1842. His father, Ezekiel Cook, was a native of EasternMassachusetts; his mother, Barbara Ann (Hodge) Cook, was born at Albany,New York. Received B. S. from Michigan Agricultural College, 1862; M. S.,1865; D. Sc, 1905; studied at Harvard 1867-68; married (1) Mary H. Bald-win of Dayton, O., June 30, 1870; (2) Mrs. Sarah Eldredge, of Pasadena,. ALBERT JOHN COOK. California, July 3, 1897. Instructor in mathematics, 1867-69; professorof zoology and entomology, 1868-93; curator of the general museum, 1875-93;entomologist of the Experiment Station, 1888-91, Michigan AgriculturalCollege; professor of biology, Pomona College, Cahfornia, 1893-1911. Con-ductor of university extension work in agriculture. University of California,1894-1905; first to make kerosene emulsion (1877) and to demonstrate andadvocate the use of the arsenites as a specific against the coddling moth, in1880. While in Michigan he was a member of the society for the promotionof agricultural science. Author: Manual of the Apiary; Injurious Insects of Michigan; Silo andSilage; Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush; Birds of Michigan. Address:Sacramento, California. In religion, Congregationalist; politics. ProgressiveRepubhcan. Children, Hon. Albert Baldwin, born Aug. 11, 1873, class of 93;Katherine E. (Briggs), born Jan. 3, 1875, class of 93. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TR
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