Robert C. Cook

Robert Carter Cook (April 9, 1898 – January 7, 1991) was an American eugenicist. He is often described as a geneticist and/or a demographer, but had little formal education. He was editor of the Journal of Heredity for 40 years, a lecturer in medical genetics and biology at George Washington University, and director, then president, of the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, D.C. He was involved with the eugenics movement of the first half of the 20th century, and an authority on population policy and the effects of population growth on the environment. He utilized research in genetics and demography to advance the American eugenics movement, but did not actually contribute to the production of knowledge in those fields.