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William Cook (entrepreneur)
William Alfred "Bill" Cook (January 27, 1931 – April 15, 2011), an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, co-founded the medical equipment manufacturer Cook Group with his wife Gayle Cook in 1963. He resided in Bloomington, Indiana and was one of America's wealthiest men.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bill Cook, medical device magnate and philanthropist, dies at 80 )〕
==Biography==
Cook was born in Mattoon, Illinois, and he grew up and graduated from high school in Canton, Illinois where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. He majored in biology at Northwestern University where he joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity and graduated in 1953.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Condolences: The Passing of Our Founder, William A. Cook )〕 He had planned to go on to medical school, but was drafted into the army, where he served his two year stint as a surgical technician.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The World's Billionaires: #273 William Cook )〕 Bill married Gayle Karch in 1957, and they had a son (now an executive within the Cook Group), Carl, in 1962. In 1963, the Cook family moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where they started the company in their apartment that was eventually to become the Cook Group. For his many contributions to society, Cook was honored with honorary degrees from Northwestern University, Indiana University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Marian College (now Marian University), and Vincennes University.
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