found: Hammel, Bob. The Bill Cook story, 2008:t.p. (Bill Cook) galley (born in Mattoon, Illinois, on Tuesday, January 27, 1931)
found: Forbes website (http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/P9MO.html) accessed 04/16/2008(William Alfred Cook; net worth: $3.2 billion; source: health care, medical devices, self made, age: 74; hometown: Bloomington, IN, education: Northwestern University, Bachelor of Arts / Science, medical device tinkerer created new cardiovascular catheter with $1,500 blowtorch, soldering iron and plastic tubing. Cook Inc. later branched out with pacemakers, syringes, stents. plans to renovate 2 hotels and build $250 million, 80,000-square-foot nautical-theme casino in French Lick, Ind.)
found: New York times WWW site, Apr. 26, 2011(in obituary published Apr. 25: Bill Cook; b. William Alfred Cook, Jan. 27, 1931, Mattoon, Ill.; d. Apr. 15, Bloomington, Ind., aged 80; created a company that makes heart stents and living-tissue transplants as well as other products; ranked by Forbes magazine as the 101st richest American)
