NGI Regrets the Passing of Jenny Cook, Longtime Educator at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab

December 1, 2018

The NGI regrets to announce the passing of Jenny Cook, a longtime educator at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Jenny was born and raised in Mobile, AL graduating from the University of South Alabama with a degree in secondary education and a Masters in Biology. For more than 30 years, Jenny was active in teaching, developing new programs and mentoring generations of K-12 students and teachers through DISL's Discovery Hall Programs. She was known throughout the marine science education community as a generous, skilled and passionate educator and was renowned for her southern drawl and sayings.

Please visit the site below to learn more about Jenny Cook and a scholarship set up in her name which will support a student's full tuition to Discovery Hall's month-long residential class in marine science for high school students, annually.

Jenny Cook Memorial Scholarship Fund