Dear Colleagues,

I am sharing sad news of the passing of a member of our UWM community.

Wayne Evans Cook 

Wayne Evans Cook, Professor Emeritus of Music in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, passed away on January 22, 2022.

Wayne earned college degrees from the University of North Texas and the University of Illinois. He taught trumpet at Indiana State University from 1964-1966 and at UW-Milwaukee from 1966-1999. During his time at UWM, Wayne also served as director of graduate music studies, associate dean of the School of Fine Arts (now Peck School of the Arts), and chair of the Music Department. Wayne retired from UWM as an emeritus professor in 1999, after a distinguished career of 33 years in the Department of Music and Peck School of the Arts.

Wayne was also a freelance trumpet player and performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Skylight Music Theatre, Music Under the Stars, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Festival City Symphony, and the Waukesha Symphony.  In his retirement Wayne enjoyed traveling, reading, listening to music, and attending Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concerts.

For additional information, please see Wayne’s obituary online. Our condolences go to Wayne’s family and to the many others whose lives he touched.

Take care,
Johannes

Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs