Rodney Mims Cook Jr.

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Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is a developer and designer, and founder and president of the National Monuments Foundation.

Early life and education[]

Cook's father, Rodney Mims Cook Sr., was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. His mother, Bettijo, moved and then restored the antebellum historic plantation Tullie Smith House to the grounds of the Atlanta History Center.^{[citation needed]} A graduate of The Lovett School, Cook received a BA degree from Washington and Lee University.^[1]

Career[]

In May 2008, Cook opened the Millennium Gate Museum, the largest classical monument erected in the U.S. since the Jefferson Memorial.^[2]

Recognition[]

Cook's organization, the National Monuments Foundation, received the 2006 Palladio Award for best new public space in the United States for the Peace and Justice Gate and Plaza.^[3]

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