Charles Davenport Cook ’41

Dav died Sept. 4, 2011, in Old Lyme, Conn.

A graduate of the Blake School, he majored in chemistry at Princeton, where he was elected to Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with highest honors. Dav was editorial editor of The Daily Princetonian, a member of the Grenfell Club, Princeton Summer Camp, In & Out Club, Ski Club, and Elm Club.

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Dav served as an Army physician in postwar Germany and separated as a captain. He returned to Boston to continue his medical career at Boston Children’s Medical Center. In 1963, he was appointed professor and head of the department of pediatrics at Yale. In 1974, he assumed leadership of pedi atrics at Downstate Medical School and Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, followed by 10 years at Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital.

Dav, a ninth-generation physician, was committed to medical education and ethics in the United States and around the world. His passion for improving medical care for those less fortunate inspired him to found Hill Health Center in New Haven and to work at the Jordan Health Center in Rochester. He was the author of over 130 published articles and two books.

Dav is survived by his wife, Carolyn C. Cook; five children; two stepchildren; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.