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- Birth nameMelvin Alonzo Cook
- Melvin Cook was born on October 10, 1911 in Garden City, Utah, USA. He was married to Wanda Garfield. He died on October 12, 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- SpouseWanda Garfield(June 19, 1935 - October 12, 2000) (his death, 5 children)
- Children
- Former Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Utah and founder of several commercial enterprises manufacturing industrial explosives.
- In 1934, he left Utah to pursue his graduate studies at Yale University where he received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1937.
- Received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Utah in chemistry.
- Lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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