Lloyd Miller Cooke

Lloyd Miller Cooke
BornJune 7, 1916
LaSalle, Illinois, United States
DiedOctober 3, 2001(2001-10-03) (aged 85)
Oberlin, Ohio, United States
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (B.S.), McGill University (Ph.D.)
OccupationChemist
FatherWilliam Wilson Cooke
RelativesAnne Cooke Reid (sister),
Ira De Augustine Reid (brother in-law),
Thomas Ezekiel Miller (maternal grandfather)
AwardsWilliam Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1971)

Lloyd Miller Cooke (1916 – 2001) was an American industrial chemist and researcher. He was an early African American chemist specialized in cellulose and carbohydrate chemistry, and worked in a leadership role for many years at Union Carbide Corporation (now Union Carbide) chemical company.