[2] In 1986, J. Michael Cook succeeded Charles Steele as chairman and chief executive of Deloitte Haskins & Sells.
During his tenure as CEO, Cook helped architect the merger of Deloitte, Haskins, & Sells with Touche Ross in 1989.
[3] Cook has chaired the audit committees at Burt's Bees, Comcast Corporation, and Eli Lilly and Company.
The J. Michael Cook/Deloitte Professorship Fund is awarded to professors in the Warrington College of Business Administration.
[7] - Chief Executive Officer Recognition Award from Women in Technology International - Working Mother Magazine's Family Champion of the Year Award - Director's Alert 2002 Outstanding Director in Corporate America - The John J. McCloy Award of the Public Oversight Board for contributions to excellence in auditing[8] Cook lives with his wife, Mary Anne, in Greenwich, Connecticut.