Elizabeth City State University - Viking Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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Dedication to Dr. Herman G. Cool e Bro. Cool e was born on November 28, 1918, in Petersburg, Virginia. He crossed the sand on April 15, 1936 through Mu Chapter at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa. He received a B.S. degree from Virginia State College in 1934, a M.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939 and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin and Maxplanck Institute for Limnology at Plon, Germany. Prior to joining the faculty of Elizabeth City State University, Dr. Cooke had taught at Hampton Institute and had served as an Entomologist for the U.S. Research Center in Washington, D.C., and as an Histologist at the Children ' s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA. Many honors came to Bro. Cooke during his all-too-short tenure at Elizabeth City State University. He served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Biology during the academic years of 1968-69 and 1969-70. In 1970, he discovered a new species of animal life that was later named Abbabesmyia Cookei in his honor. The General Alumni Association of Elizabeth City State University honored him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1976. His publications list is long, and the list of his professional affiliations is even longer. This is a statement dedicated to Bro. Herman Glenn Cooke by the people who loved and ad- mired him very much, the Brothers of the Lambda Gamma Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. Bro. Cooke went to the Omega Chapter at 1:50 p.m. on June 30, 1977 and left a pair of shoes that will never be filled. He discovered a new species of animal life that was later named Ab- babesmyia Cookei in his honor.