J. Michael Cook is the former Chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche, LLP and currently serves as a member of the

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Accountability Advisory Panel, and also serves on numerous corporate and civic boards.

Education

Cook is an honors graduate of the

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. While an undergraduate, he became a member of

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. He graduated with a BSBA degree in 1964, and was named a distinguished alumnus of the university in 1986.

CEO of Deloitte & Touche

Cook became a managing partner of Deloitte Haskins Sells in 1984. In 1986, J. Michael Cook succeeded Charles Steele as chairman and chief executive of Deloitte Haskins & Sells. During his tenure as CEO, Cook helped architect the merger of Deloitte, Haskins, & Sells with Touche Ross in 1989. He became CEO of the new Deloitte & Touche in 1989.

Other work

Cook has chaired the audit committees at

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, and

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. He has also served as Chairman of United Way of Tri-State, on the Board of Overseers at Business School, the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami, and is a past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the

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. Cook has an endowed professorship named after him at his Alma mater, the

. The J. Michael Cook/Deloitte Professorship Fund is awarded to professors in the

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. He is also the partial namesake of a doctoral consortium hosted by the

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devoted to discussing current topics in accounting education, research and publishing.

Awards

- Chief Executive Officer Recognition Award from Women in Technology International - Working Mother Magazine's Family Champion of the Year Award - Director's Alert 2002 Outstanding Director in Corporate America - The John J. McCloy Award of the Public Oversight Board for contributions to excellence in auditing

Personal life

Cook lives with his wife, Mary Anne, in

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. He has two daughters, Jennifer and Angela; and a son, Jeffrey.

References

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