Arnold Charles Cook (5 May 1922 – 30 June 1981) was an Australian academic and senior economics lecturer at the University of Western Australia (UWA).

[2] In 1944 he commenced his Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Economics at the University of Western Australia and graduated with first-class honours in 1947.

[7][8] UWA offered him a position as economics lecturer and Cook and Dreena became familiar, if not novel, sights around the city as they caught public transport between his home in Belmont and the campus at Nedlands.

[3] In 1985, Cook's societal contribution received recognition through the unveiling of a bronze statue featuring him and his guide dog, Dreena, at the entrance to the Ivy Watson Playground in Kings Park.

[2] Another statue of the pair was unveiled in 2007 at the offices of the Association for the Blind of Western Australia in Victoria Park.