Cook, James F.

James F. Cook, Jr. was born on December 3, 1940 and studied at Young Harris College (1960), Emory University (1962), and Georgia State University (1964), after which he became an instructor of history at Georgia State. Cook received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Georgia in 1972. He taught at Floyd College for thirty years, retiring in 2000, and was named Professor of History Emeritus in 2001. Cook has authored numerous articles and book chapters on Georgia history and politics. He is most well-known for the publications Governors of Georgia; Carl Sanders : Spokesman of the New South; and Carl Vinson : Patriarch of the Armed Forces. He married Ida Barnett in 1964 and they have two children, Sean and Jamie.