William Cook (computer scientist)

William R. Cook
Born(1963-11-21)November 21, 1963
DiedOctober 27, 2021(2021-10-27) (aged 57)
Known forDenotational semantics of Inheritance; Object-oriented programming; AppleScript
Academic background
EducationBrown University (PhD)
ThesisA denotational semantics of inheritance (1989)
Doctoral advisorPeter Wegner
Academic work
DisciplineComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin, Apple Inc., HP Labs

William Randall Cook[1] (November 21, 1963 – October 27, 2021) was an American computer scientist, who was an associate professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.