Homer Martien Cook Explained

Homer Martien Cook
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Order:2nd
Office:President of Northwest Missouri State University
Term Start:1907
Term End:1909

Homer Martien Cook (1869–1948)[1] was president of Northwest Missouri State University.

He was born in La Grange, Missouri. At LaGrange College he received a bachelor's degree in 1890, a master's degree in 1904 from the University of Chicago and an LLd from the Columbia School of Expression in Chicago in 1906.[2]

He was pastor of the Maryville Baptist Church and taught physical culture and expression at the newly organized Northwest.

During his tenure the school was beset by fiscal problems and faculty was not paid. Work stopped on the Administration Building.

He quit in the summer of 1909 but was allowed to continue to live in the Northwest President house from Sept. 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910 while his successor Henry Kirby Taylor was president in effect creating two presidents of the college for four months.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Relatives, In-Laws, and Possible Cousins of Gary Kueber - Person Page. kueber.us.
  2. Web site: Yearbook and List of Active Members of the National Education Association. google.com. 1910.
  3. Web site: HOMER MARTIEN COOK, 1907-1909 nwmissouri.edu - Retrieved October 3, 2009 . October 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080830010510/http://www.nwmissouri.edu/aboutus/centennial/presidents/Cook.htm . August 30, 2008 . dead .