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{{short description|Chairman of US Securities and Exchange Commission}}
{{For|other people with similar names|Donald Cook (disambiguation){{!}}Donald Cook}}

{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Donald C. Cook
|image        = 
|office       = Chair of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]]
|president    = [[Harry S. Truman]]<br>[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
|term_start   = February 26, 1952
|term_end     = June 17, 1953
|predecessor  = [[Harry A. McDonald]]
|successor    = [[Ralph H. Demmler]]
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1909|4|14}}
|birth_place  = {{nowrap|[[Escanaba]], [[Michigan]], U.S.}}
|death_date   = {{nowrap| {{death date and age|1981|12|16|1909|4|14}}}}
|death_place  = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.}}
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|alma_mater   = [[University of Michigan]]<br>[[George Washington University Law School]]
}}

'''Donald Clarence Cook''' (April 14, 1909{{spaced ndash}}December 16, 1981) was chairman of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] between 1952 and 1953 and also served as a member from 1949 to 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/biosa-d.html|title=Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers, A-D|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref>

Cook was a resident student at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts in 1927.<ref>{{cite book|title=General Register|publisher=UM Libraries|place=Detroit, Michigan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdDhAAAAMAAJ|date=1928}}</ref>{{rp|158}}  He ultimately became chairman of [[American Electric Power]] (1962–1976)<ref>"[http://www.aep.com/about/history/ History of AEP]". ''American Electric Power website.'' Retrieved 2009-06-03.</ref> [[Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station]] is named for him.

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== External links ==
* {{Internet Archive film clip|id=gov.archives.arc.95830|description="Longines Chronoscope with Donald C. Cook"}}

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[[Category:University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni]]
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[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:Truman administration personnel]]
[[Category:Eisenhower administration personnel]]

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