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William Wilson Cook (1858 – 1930) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He wrote extensively on matters of corporate law, including the seminal text, ''Cook on Corporations''. Cook was also an early, major benefactor of the
by Margaret A. Leary, Director and Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library Cook attended the University of Michigan from 1876 to 1882, earning his undergraduate (1880) and law (1882) degrees from that institution. He practiced law for many years in Manhattan, primarily for the
Wm. W. Cook Global Law professors, ''University of Michigan Law School''
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William Wilson Cook (1858 – 1930) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He wrote extensively on matters of corporate law, including the seminal text, ''Cook on Corporations''. Cook was also an early, major benefactor of the University of Michigan
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, particularly the University of Michigan Law School
The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1859, the school offers Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Comparative Law (MCL ...
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Biography
Cook was born inHillsdale, Michigan
Hillsdale is the largest city and county seat of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,036 at the 2020 census.
The city is the home of Hillsdale College, a private liberal arts college noted for its academics ...
, to John Potter Cook, a founder of Hillsdale, and his wife Martha.Brief Biographyby Margaret A. Leary, Director and Librarian, University of Michigan Law Library Cook attended the University of Michigan from 1876 to 1882, earning his undergraduate (1880) and law (1882) degrees from that institution. He practiced law for many years in Manhattan, primarily for the
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telegraph and cable companies, and amassed a substantial fortune. In 1915, Cook constructed the Martha Cook Building women's dormitory on the Michigan campus and donated it to the university. In 1922, Cook announced his intention to construct a lawyers club and dormitory at University of Michigan. Cook hired the architectural firm of York and Sawyer
York and Sawyer was an American architectural firm active between 1898 and 1949. The firms' work is exemplary of Beaux-Arts architecture as it was practiced in the United States. The partners Edward York (July 23, 1863– December 30, 1928) and ...
to design the Lawyers Club, the first of several buildings built in the English Gothic style, all paid for and constructed by Cook, which would come to comprise the Law Quadrangle at the University of Michigan.
When the Lawyers Club was completed, the ''New York Times
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'' described it as "one of the finest buildings of its kind on any campus in the world."
Cook left his entire estate to the Michigan law school. The estate, valued at $20 million in 1930, would have been equivalent to about $260 million in 2006 dollars.
Legacy
The law library constructed by Cook was named the William W. Cook Legal Research Library. In addition, several law professors at law schools abroad hold the position of William W. Cook Global Law Professor at Michigan, visiting the law school regularly and teaching courses./ref>
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