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| - Dick Cook is a former NASCAR driver from Lakewood, CA. He competed in three Nextel Cup Series events in his career. All of those races came in 1961, when Cook debuted at Hanford. Starting 25th in the field, Cook drove to a midpack 13th place finish. He was able to match that finish with a 13th at Riverside but transmission issues left him 18th at Los Angeles.
- A 38-year Disney veteran, Dick Cook began his career in 1970 at Disneyland in Anaheim, as a ride operator on the park's steam locomotives and monorail. Within a year, he became a representative in the Disneyland sales department and three years later was promoted to department manager. In 1977, Cook moved to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank to serve as manager of pay television and non-theatrical releases. In this capacity, he was responsible for Disney's first entry into the burgeoning world of cable television, developing what would become The Disney Channel.
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| - Dick Cook is a former NASCAR driver from Lakewood, CA. He competed in three Nextel Cup Series events in his career. All of those races came in 1961, when Cook debuted at Hanford. Starting 25th in the field, Cook drove to a midpack 13th place finish. He was able to match that finish with a 13th at Riverside but transmission issues left him 18th at Los Angeles.
- A 38-year Disney veteran, Dick Cook began his career in 1970 at Disneyland in Anaheim, as a ride operator on the park's steam locomotives and monorail. Within a year, he became a representative in the Disneyland sales department and three years later was promoted to department manager. In 1977, Cook moved to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank to serve as manager of pay television and non-theatrical releases. In this capacity, he was responsible for Disney's first entry into the burgeoning world of cable television, developing what would become The Disney Channel. In 1980, Cook entered the motion picture business at Disney as assistant domestic sales manager for the Buena Vista Distribution Company. He quickly moved up through the ranks, becoming vice president and general sales manager, then senior vice president of domestic distribution. In 1988, he was promoted to president of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. He earned a reputation there by his marketing of Disney's home video collection and hosting media-worthy movie premieres, for example securing a United States Navy aircraft carrier based in Pearl Harbor to host the debut of the film Pearl Harbor. At that time, he supervised the release of numerous hit films, including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Three Men and a Baby (the first Disney film to break the $100 million mark), Good Morning, Vietnam, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Pretty Woman, Father of the Bride and Sister Act. Cook's tenure in distribution also placed him on the front lines of Disney's animation renaissance and the revitalization of the animation genre as a whole, releasing animated blockbusters including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and Pocahontas. In 1994, Cook assumed the additional responsibility of film marketing when he was promoted to president of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution and Marketing. In this position, he oversaw the marketing and distribution strategies for hit films such as The Santa Clause, Crimson Tide, Toy Story, The Rock, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Two years later, Cook was promoted to chairman of the Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Group, until he assumed his role as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios.
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