Margaret Cook was an Associate Professor of French at the IU Extension campus and later IU Indianapolis from 1946 to 1973. Cook was one of the first foreign language professors at the Extension campus, and in the 1940s and 1950s she was highly influential in the growth of the school's foreign language program. She developed much of the early curriculum for the program and taught courses in both French and Spanish. Cook also pioneered special courses in foreign language geared towards Americans planning to travel abroad.
With the opening of Cavanaugh Hall on IU Indianapolis's campus in 1971, Cook developed a modern foreign language laboratory and designed the school's new French curriculum. She served as department chair of Foreign Languages from 1971 to 1972. Cook retired in 1973 and died in 1984. She deeded the department of Foreign Languages funds to establish its first study abroad scholarship.
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