CLASS OF 1869

Dr. George Cook died at his home in Concord, N. H., September 1, 1922.

The son of Solomon and Susan Ann (Hayes) Cook, he was born in Dover, N. H., November 16, 1848. At the age of seven he removed with his parents to Franklin, N. H., and later to Concord. His preliminary education was obtained at Franklin Academy and at Concord High School, and he attended medical lectures at the University of Vermont and at Dartmouth.

He began practice in 1869 at Henniker, N. H., removing a year later to Hillsboro, and in 1875 to Concord. He early acquired high standing in his profession, and became one of the best known physicians in the state.

In 1879 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the New Hampshire National Guard, and was promoted to surgeon in 1882 and to medical director in 1884. In 1893-4 he served as surgeon-general on the governor's staff. From 1878 to 1884 he was city physician of Concord, and represented that city in the legislature of 1883. In 1885 he was inspector for the state board of health, from 1889 to 1893 a member of the United States pension board of examining surgeons, and since 1897 president of the medical examining and registration board of the state. Since 1884 he had been a member of the staff of Margaret Pillsbury Hospital. He was a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society, of the Center District Medical Society (its president in 1882), of the American Medical Association, and of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. In the Spanish-American War he served as major and chief surgeon of the First Division, Second Army Corps. He was one of the founders of the Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity and its president for ten years, a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Sons of Veterans.

Dr. Cook was never married. He had been for many years a vestryman of St. Paul's church (Protestant Episcopal).