John Brown Cook

John Brown Cook
Cover of Genii (1946)
Born	July 4, 1908 Chicago, Illinois
Died	1978

John Brown Cook (1908-1978), a president of an electronics company, was an amateur magician, magic collector and served as National Vice President of the Society of American Magicians.

After graduating in 1929 from Dartmouth College with distinction in Physics, he worked in the family business, Reliable Electric Company of Chicago, Illinois. He later became its president in 1942 where he met and became lifelong friends with Arthur Buckley, who was on the staff.

As a collector he was a member of the Magic Collectors Association and bought part of George Karger's collection in the 1950s.

He held patents on many inventions relating to the telephone and power industry.

Bibliography

• Dollar at Dinner in Sphinx (May, 1949)
• Gems of Mental Magic (with Arthur Buckley)