Morris Llewellyn Cooke (May 11, 1872 – March 5, 1960) was an American engineer, best known for his work on Scientific Management[1] and Rural Electrification.

In 1950 President Harry S. Truman appointed Cooke chairman of the Water Resources Policy Commission Cooke was recognized for his work on obtaining inexpensive electricity for residential use, facilitating better labor-management relations, and the conservation of land and water resources.

the dreams of democracy until the principles of scientific management have permeated every nook and cranny of the working world.

Taylor chose four men, one of whom was Cooke, to implement his theories of scientific management in the work force.

Friction with another scientific management protégé of Taylor's, Henry Gantt (whose family home was in Baltimore), led to Cooke's interventions being largely inconsequential.

[8] In 1911, Cooke was appointed director of the Department of Public Works by Philadelphia's reform mayor, Rudolph Blankenburg.

This agency had been newly organized by the Roosevelt administration and was set up to finance the construction of power distribution systems in rural areas lacking electricity.