Vernon Floyd Cook (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 1987) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
He left high school in 1944 to enlist in the United States Army Air Corps, and served as a cryptographer for the 231st AAF BU.
After his discharge from active duty, Cook served in the United States Army Reserve and obtained the rank of captain.
His reserve duties included teaching cryptographic and interrogation techniques at Fort George G. Meade.
[4] In 1987, Cook was made the first director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.