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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-03-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005988b.htm person Cook Alan Cecil FTSE AACR2 22 May 1935 17 November 2011 Place of Birth Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom Place of Death Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Geologist Alan Cook was a world-renowned organic petrologist, whose expertise was much sought coal and petroleum companies around the world. The focus of his work was on the sedimentology of coal measures, oil shales, coking behaviour, coal macerals, and basin heating models. His research into Australian Permian coals was critical in developing the overseas market for Australian coals. With his students Cook developed the use of Vitrinite reflectance as a means of predicting potential generation of oil and gas, a process now standard in the industry. Cook was active in professional organisations including the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the International Committee for Coal Petrology of which he was President from 1999 to 2007. He also served on editorial boards of Australian and international journals including Australian Coal and the International Journal of Mathematical Geology. In retirement he continued to run his consulting practice Keiraville Konsultants providing petrographic analyses for the coal and petroleum industries. The University of Wollongong holds over 10,000 geological samples stemming from Cook's work, with nearly 23,000 held by Keiraville Konsultants. 1957 1957 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge 1957 1959 Career position - Prospecting officer, National Coal Board, United Kingdom 1959 1959 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1959 1962 Career position - Experimental Officer, CSIRO Coal Research Section 1960 2011 Career position - Member, Geological Society of Australia 1962 1964 Career position - District Geologist, Joint Coal Board 1964 1973 Career position - Lecturer, Metallurgy Department, Wollongong University College, University of New South Wales 1968 2011 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1970 1970 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1973 1990 Career position - Foundation Professor of Geology, University of Wollongong 1975 1976 Career position - Chairman, Academic Senate, University of Wollongong 1976 1977 Career position - Visiting Research Scientist, Kansas Geological Survey, U.S.A. 1978 2011 Career position - Director, Keiraville Konsultants 1989 1989 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1990 1990 Career position - Chairman, Organising Committee, International Committee for Coal Petrology Meeting, Wollongong, New South Wales 1990 1990 Award - DSc (honoris causa), University of Cambridge 1990 1990 Life event - Retired 1996 1996 Award - Reinhardt Thiessen Medal, International Committee for Coal Petrology 1999 2007 Career position - President, International Committee for Coal Petrology 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in energy and mineral resources. The University of Wollongong

Foundation Professor of Geology 1973 - 1990

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 1989

 Cook, A C (19350522-20111117)

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 'Cook, Alan Cecil', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cook, Alan Cecil Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Journal Article: Reinhardt Thiessen Medal Award, 1996 Anon Reinhardt Thiessen Medal Award, 1996 1997 Fuel 16 7 687 Journal Article: In memoriam Dr Alan Cecil Cook Hutton, Adrian In memoriam Dr Alan Cecil Cook 2012 Society for Organic Petrology Newsletter 21 1 8-9 Journal Article: Alan C. Cook Davis, Alan Alan C. Cook 2013 International Journal of Coal Geology 111 3-4 Journal Article: Professor Alan Cook, 1935-2011 Smith, Greg Professor Alan Cook, 1935-2011 2012 TAG: Geological Society of Australia Newsletter 162 49