Cooke, Morris L. "Industrial Management" Monograph on Microfilm, 1909
Collection Number: 5930 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Morris L. Cooke "Industrial Management" Monograph on Microfilm, 1909
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5930 mf
Creator:
Cooke, Morris L.
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Morris Llewellyn Cooke (May 11, 1872-March 5, 1960) was an influential American engineer. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he is one of eight children to William Harvey Cooke and Elizabeth Richmond Marsden.
Cooke graduated from Lehigh University with a Mechanical Engineering degree. He served as the director of the Rural Electrification Administration from May 1935 through March 1937. In 1940 Cooke became a technical consultant for the Office of Production Management. He headed up the War Labor Board panel in 1943. President Harry S. Truman appointed Cooke as chairman of the Water Resources Policy Commission in 1950.
Cooke was recognized for his work on obtaining inexpensive electricity for residential use, better labor-management relations, and the conservation of land and water resources.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

Morris L. Cooke "Industrial Management" Monograph on Microfilm #5930 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5618: Charles D. Wrege Research Papers Regarding History of Management

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cooke, Morris Llewellyn, 1872-1960

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Reel 1
Manuscript to Industrial Management 1909