Donald C. Cook

{{short description|Chairman of US Securities and Exchange Commission}}

{{For|other people with similar names|Donald Cook (disambiguation){{!}}Donald Cook}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Donald C. Cook

|image =

|office = Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission

|president = Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower

|term_start = February 26, 1952

|term_end = June 17, 1953

|predecessor = Harry A. McDonald

|successor = Ralph H. Demmler

|birth_date = {{birth date|1909|4|14}}

|birth_place = {{nowrap|Escanaba, Michigan, U.S.}}

|death_date = {{nowrap| {{death date and age|1981|12|16|1909|4|14}}}}

|death_place = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}}

|party = Democratic

|alma_mater = University of Michigan
George Washington University Law School

}}

Donald Clarence Cook (April 14, 1909{{spaced ndash}}December 16, 1981) was chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1952 and 1953 and also served as a member from 1949 to 1953.{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/biosa-d.html|title=Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers, A-D|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division|access-date=23 June 2017}}

Cook was a resident student at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts in 1927.{{cite book|title=General Register|publisher=UM Libraries|place=Detroit, Michigan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdDhAAAAMAAJ|date=1928}}{{rp|158}} He ultimately became chairman of American Electric Power (1962–1976)"[http://www.aep.com/about/history/ History of AEP]". American Electric Power website. Retrieved 2009-06-03. Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station is named for him.